anandtiwari@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
Hi,
I am using linux 2.4.25, while reading the Large-disk Howto, i learned
that linux just uses the starting sector and no of sectors (from the
partition table struct) to define partition. I made a little program
which zeros the
starting C,H,S and ending C,H,S. my system boots and mounts perfectly,
but fdisk gives me error
partition 1 doesnt end at cylinder boundary. why is that ?
and also while creating partition table manually (ie by writing to first
sector); do i have to take care of cylinder boundaries.
The Large Disk howto just says that linux doesnt have alignment
requirements , but i read at many places that it partition should start
and end at cylinder boundaries.
thanks
anand
Doesn't need to - that is mostly in reference to DOS-based OS's (up to WinME).
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