Re: Partition does not end on cylinder boundary

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On 06/04/2011 10:15 PM, David wrote:
> On 5 June 2011 12:07, JD <jd1008@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On 06/04/11 19:02, David wrote:
>>> On 5 June 2011 11:42, JD<jd1008@xxxxxxxxx>  wrote:
>>>> I think you can read the kernel source code as well
>>>> as anyone. So you have to do some homework :)
>>> [david@kablamm partition]$ rpm -qf /sbin/mkfs.ext3
>>> e2fsprogs-1.41.9-5.fc12.i686
>>>
>>> kernel ?
>> Well, you can peruse the latest mainline kernel source:
>> http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/linux-2.6.39.1.tar.bz2
> 
> Partitioning is done by mkfs variants. Nothing to do with the kernel.


 David no need to keep teasing the mouse .. :-)

 Nothing cares about cylinders on a hard drive after windows 95 (maybe
windows 98) ... everything since then uses LBA so cylinders are
completely irrelevant - its just a historical quirk.

 So fuggit about it .. .:-)


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