I don't recall this when I created the partitions, now I'm getting:
Script started on Mon Jun 24 20:20:43 1996
]0;pb-/u/leisner/todo/6.24
: leisner@pb;fdisk -v
fdisk version 3.04 (aeb@cwi.nl, 960119)
: leisner@pb;fdsik -l isk / = -l /dev/sd0 =a a
Disk /dev/sda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 522 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 8225280 bytes, blocks of 1024 bytes, counting from 0
Device Boot Start End #cyls #blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 0+ 127- 128- 1026596 83 Linux native
start: (c,h,s) expected (0,0,63) found (0,1,1)
end: (c,h,s) expected (127,206,21) found (248,132,62)
/dev/sda2 127+ 382- 256- 2049131 5 DOS Extended
start: (c,h,s) expected (127,206,22) found (249,0,1)
end: (c,h,s) expected (382,233,7) found (745,132,62)
partition ends on cylinder 745, beyond the end of the disk
/dev/sda3 382+ 447- 65- 515375 83 Linux native
start: (c,h,s) expected (382,233,8) found (746,0,1)
end: (c,h,s) expected (447,19,14) found (870,132,62)
partition ends on cylinder 870, beyond the end of the disk
/dev/sda4 447+ 522- 75- 601958 83 Linux native
start: (c,h,s) expected (447,19,15) found (871,0,1)
end: (c,h,s) expected (522,3,63) found (1016,132,62)
partition ends on cylinder 1016, beyond the end of the disk
/dev/sda5 127+ 191- 65- 515344 83 Linux native
start: (c,h,s) expected (127,207,21) found (249,1,1)
end: (c,h,s) expected (191,247,28) found (373,132,62)
/dev/sda6 191+ 256- 65- 515344 83 Linux native
start: (c,h,s) expected (191,248,28) found (374,1,1)
end: (c,h,s) expected (256,33,35) found (498,132,62)
/dev/sda7 256+ 281- 26- 206119 83 Linux native
start: (c,h,s) expected (256,34,35) found (499,1,1)
end: (c,h,s) expected (281,202,63) found (548,132,62)
partition ends on cylinder 548, beyond the end of the disk
/dev/sda8 281+ 333- 52- 416392 83 Linux native
start: (c,h,s) expected (281,203,63) found (549,1,1)
end: (c,h,s) expected (333,162,49) found (649,132,62)
partition ends on cylinder 649, beyond the end of the disk
: leisner@pb;bsdfdisk -v
bsdfdisk v2.1 (>4GB)
: leisner@pb;f bsdfdisk -l /dev/sda
Disk /dev/hda: 64 heads, 63 sectors, 621 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 4032 * 512 bytes
Device Boot Begin Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 1 282 568480+ 6 DOS 16-bit >=32M
/dev/hda2 283 283 435 308448 5 Extended
/dev/hda3 436 436 561 254016 a5 BSD/386
/dev/hda4 562 562 621 120960 83 Linux native
/dev/hda5 283 283 333 102784+ 83 Linux native
/dev/hda6 334 334 351 36256+ 6 DOS 16-bit >=32M NOT ASCII
/dev/hda7 352 352 390 78592+ 6 DOS 16-bit >=32M STUFF
/dev/hda8 391 391 435 90688+ 83 Linux native
Warning: invalid flag 0000 of partition table 4 will be corrected by w(rite)
Disk /dev/hdc: 64 heads, 63 sectors, 621 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 4032 * 512 bytes
Device Boot Begin Start End Blocks Id System
Disk /dev/sda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 522 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes
Device Boot Begin Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 1 128 1026596 83 Linux native
Partition 1 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?):
phys=(0, 1, 1) logical=(0, 0, 63)
Partition 1 has different physical/logical endings:
phys=(248, 132, 62) logical=(127, 206, 21)
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary:
phys=(248, 132, 62) should be (248, 254, 63)
/dev/sda2 250 128 383 2049131 5 Extended
Partition 2 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?):
phys=(249, 0, 1) logical=(127, 206, 22)
Partition 2 has different physical/logical endings:
phys=(745, 132, 62) logical=(382, 233, 7)
Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary:
phys=(745, 132, 62) should be (745, 254, 63)
/dev/sda3 747 383 448 515375 83 Linux native
Partition 3 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?):
phys=(746, 0, 1) logical=(382, 233, 8)
Partition 3 has different physical/logical endings:
phys=(870, 132, 62) logical=(447, 19, 14)
Partition 3 does not end on cylinder boundary:
phys=(870, 132, 62) should be (870, 254, 63)
/dev/sda4 872 448 523 601958 83 Linux native
Partition 4 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?):
phys=(871, 0, 1) logical=(447, 19, 15)
Partition 4 has different physical/logical endings:
phys=(1016, 132, 62) logical=(522, 3, 63)
Partition 4 does not end on cylinder boundary:
phys=(1016, 132, 62) should be (1016, 254, 63)
/dev/sda5 250 128 192 515344 83 Linux native
/dev/sda6 375 192 257 515344 83 Linux native
/dev/sda7 500 257 282 206119 83 Linux native
/dev/sda8 550 282 334 416392 83 Linux native
I'm not sure what this means or if I will have a problem.
Is there any HOWTO documentation I should read?
It currently appears to be working fine.
marty leisner@sdsp.mc.xerox.com
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