On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 03:37:47PM -0500, Phillip Susi wrote:
> While helping a user troubleshoot an issue, I noticed fdisk fails to
> produce any output when run on an MBR that contains an extended
> partition that starts beyond the end of the disk. The following is a
> sample of the user's MBR:
Fixed (I hope).
# ./fdisk /dev/loop0
You must set cylinders.
You can do this from the extra functions menu.
Failed to read extended partition table (offset=462748414)
Warning: ignoring extra data in partition table 5
Warning: ignoring extra data in partition table 5
Warning: ignoring extra data in partition table 5
Warning: invalid flag 0x1919 of partition table 5 will be corrected
by w(rite)
Welcome to fdisk (util-linux 2.22.269-6b3e3).
Changes will remain in memory only, until you decide to write them.
Be careful before using the write command.
Command (m for help): p
Disk /dev/loop0: 0 MB, 512 bytes, 1 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: 0x0002a9f0
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/loop0p1 256 462748159 231373952 83 Linux
/dev/loop0p2 462748414 464843519 1047553 5 Extended
/dev/loop0p5 ? 883823639 1304898863 210537612+ 19 Unknown
Karel
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