From: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
To: Tom Yan <tom.ty89@gmail.com>
Cc: util-linux@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: multiple alignment bugs / inconsistencies of fdisk
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2015 13:07:30 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150610110730.GL1992@ws.net.home> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20150608153535.GE1992@ws.net.home>
On Mon, Jun 08, 2015 at 05:35:35PM +0200, Karel Zak wrote:
> > Using default response p.
> > Partition number (1-4, default 1):
> > First sector (2048-468862127, default 2048):
> > Last sector, +sectors or +size{K,M,G,T,P} (2048-468862127, default
> > 468862127): +1
> >
> > Created a new partition 1 of type 'Linux' and of size 1 KiB.
> >
> > Command (m for help): p
> > Disk /dev/sda: 223.6 GiB, 240057409536 bytes, 468862128 sectors
> > Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
> > Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
> > I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
> > Disklabel type: dos
> > Disk identifier: 0x344a2daa
> >
> > Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type
> > /dev/sda1 2048 2049 2 1K 83 Linux
>
> Fixed, now:
>
> Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type
> /dev/sdc1 2048 2048 1 512B 83 Linux
I have reverted this small change, it's nonsense. The convention +<sectors>
specifies Last sector relatively to the First sector.
+0 means start=2048 end=2048 size=1
+1 means start=2048 end=2049 size=2
Karel
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2015-06-08 7:42 multiple alignment bugs / inconsistencies of fdisk Tom Yan
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