From: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
To: Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net>
Cc: dE <de.techno@gmail.com>, util-linux@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: fdisk and 2048 sectors obsession.
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2014 08:32:08 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20141028073208.GH10134@x2.net.home> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <544F2F5A.5090608@earthlink.net>
On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 01:53:30AM -0400, Felix Miata wrote:
> dE composed on 2014-10-28 10:00 (UTC+0530):
>
> > But I also think this fdisk 2048 behavior should be removed now or at
> > least provide a switch for the same and document this in the man page.
>
> There is a switch:
>
> -c , --compatibility[=mode]
Please, don't use this option. You can move the first sector of the
first partition in expert menu by command 'b'.
> The man page does fail to explain what dos mode actually means.
- start at sector 63
- care about CHS in partition table
- extra checks for alignment to be compatible with CHS addressing
Karel
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-10-28 7:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-10-27 18:43 fdisk and 2048 sectors obsession dE
2014-10-27 19:07 ` Felix Miata
2014-10-28 3:24 ` dE
2014-10-28 3:55 ` Felix Miata
2014-10-28 4:30 ` dE
2014-10-28 5:53 ` Felix Miata
2014-10-28 7:32 ` Karel Zak [this message]
2014-10-28 7:49 ` Felix Miata
2014-10-28 8:48 ` Martin Steigerwald
2014-10-28 8:47 ` Martin Steigerwald
[not found] ` <544F3B20.7090109@gmail.com>
2014-10-28 14:33 ` dE
2014-10-28 17:11 ` Linda Walsh
2014-10-29 14:28 ` Dale R. Worley
2014-10-28 7:53 ` Karel Zak
2014-10-28 12:38 ` Martin K. Petersen
2014-10-28 14:53 ` dE
2014-10-28 15:35 ` Theodore Ts'o
2014-10-29 16:40 ` dE
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