Linux 2.6.18-238.12.1.el5 sfdisk from util-linux 2.20-rc1 fdisk (util-linux 2.20-rc1) 200GB VMware SCSI disk It seems it's not immediately possible to create aligned partitions (ie: starting at 1MB/2048 sectors) with sfdisk. 1) 1st try, using MBs as unit of measure: dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda bs=1 count=512 sfdisk -L -uM /dev/sda <<-EOF 1,1001,83 ,,83 ; ; EOF Results (starts at sector 1 instead of 1MB): $ fdisk -lu /dev/sda Disk /dev/sda: 214.7 GB, 214748364800 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 26108 cylinders, total 419430400 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x00000000 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 1 2056319 1028159+ 83 Linux /dev/sda2 2056320 419425019 208684350 83 Linux 2) 2nd try, using sectors as unit of measure: dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda bs=1 count=512 sfdisk -L -uS /dev/sda <<-EOF 2048,2050048,83 ,,83 ; ; EOF Results (wrong 2nd partition created): $ fdisk -lu /dev/sda Disk /dev/sda: 214.7 GB, 214748364800 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 26108 cylinders, total 419430400 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x00000000 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 2048 2052095 1025024 83 Linux /dev/sda2 1 2047 1023+ 83 Linux /dev/sda3 2052096 419430399 208689152 83 Linux Partition table entries are not in disk order === Is there some option to enable alignment? Thanks -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe util-linux" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
