From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: from mail-gw0-f46.google.com ([74.125.83.46]:58335 "EHLO mail-gw0-f46.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752293Ab1FXSZm (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Jun 2011 14:25:42 -0400 Received: by gwaa18 with SMTP id a18so1187538gwa.19 for ; Fri, 24 Jun 2011 11:25:41 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4E04D6A3.4060105@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2011 13:25:39 -0500 From: Bruce Dubbs MIME-Version: 1.0 To: util-linux@vger.kernel.org Subject: fdisk Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Sender: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: In fdisk, printing a partition table gives the headers: Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System What's a block? It does not seem to be defined anywhere. Perhaps an update to the man page would be appropriate. A line in the explanation above the partition listing would be even better. On my system, a block appears to be 2-512 byte sectors, but is it always so? -- Bruce