summary about fdisk changes in incoming util-linux-ng 2.17.1:
- add -h (help) option
- add -c option to disable DOS-compatible mode from command line
The DOS compatible mode is deprecated from now (2.17.1) and I hope
one day all DOS junk (C/H/S support) will be completely removed
from fdisk/sfdisk/cfdisk.
The '-c' option is important for people who use fdisk from scripts.
In the version 2.18 (or 2.19?) will be DOS-compatible mode disabled
by default.
- fdisk prints warning if DOS mode is enabled and/or display units
are cylinders.
- fdisk does not check for cylinder boundary in non-DOS mode any
more
- fdisk does not print warning if number of cylinders is greater
than 1024 (... because very old LILO, DOS compatibility)
- fdisk will always try to use 1MiB offset for the start of the
first partitions and 1MiB grain for partitions.
- few fixed
Karel
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