From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: from mondschein.lichtvoll.de ([194.150.191.11]:53725 "EHLO mail.lichtvoll.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752204AbaJ1I4s convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Tue, 28 Oct 2014 04:56:48 -0400 Received: from merkaba.localnet (blackhole.teamix.net [194.150.191.251]) by mail.lichtvoll.de (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 87E10421 for ; Tue, 28 Oct 2014 09:48:29 +0100 (CET) From: Martin Steigerwald To: util-linux@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: fdisk and 2048 sectors obsession. Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2014 09:48:29 +0100 Message-ID: <2888990.X84BcKRn2u@merkaba> In-Reply-To: <544F4A6C.808@earthlink.net> References: <544E923E.6050406@gmail.com> <20141028073208.GH10134@x2.net.home> <544F4A6C.808@earthlink.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Sender: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Am Dienstag, 28. Oktober 2014, 03:49:00 schrieb Felix Miata: > Karel Zak composed on 2014-10-28 08:32 (UTC+0100): > >> 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 > > Why isn't that in the man page? People trying to use a program aren't always > able to Google an explanation of its man page minimalism. You are free to contribute… -- Martin 'Helios' Steigerwald - http://www.Lichtvoll.de GPG: 03B0 0D6C 0040 0710 4AFA B82F 991B EAAC A599 84C7