Hello
The reorder cmd (x->f) does not work propertly. A fdisk session example
for better description is attached.
See how the last partion "coco9" that should be "coco6" after re-order,
keeps with the same name, but with start-sector and end-sector with
incorrect values and outside the upper limit of the extended "coco4" and
the disk "coco" itself.
Good luck!
$ uname -a
Linux exequiel 3.8.13-64 #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri May 17 18:52:27 ART 2013
x86_64 GNU/Linux
$ cat pepe
# partition table of /dev/sda
unit: sectors
/dev/sda1 : start= 2048, size= 131072, Id=83, bootable
/dev/sda2 : start= 133120, size= 41943040, Id=83
/dev/sda3 : start= 42076160, size= 41943040, Id=83
/dev/sda4 : start= 84019200, size=3823009968, Id= 5
/dev/sda5 : start= 84021248, size= 8388608, Id=82
/dev/sda6 : start= 92411904, size= 8388608, Id=83
/dev/sda7 : start=100802560, size= 8388608, Id=83
/dev/sda8 : start=109193216, size= 8388608, Id=83
/dev/sda9 : start=117583872, size= 8388608, Id=83
/dev/sda10: start=125974528, size=1258291200, Id=83
/dev/sda11: start=1384267776, size=2097152000, Id=83
/dev/sda12: start=3481421824, size=425607344, Id=83
$ truncate --size 2000398934016 coco
$ sfdisk coco < pepe
<...>
$ fdisk coco
Welcome to fdisk (util-linux 2.23).
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 coco: 2000.4 GB, 2000398934016 bytes, 3907029168 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 label type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x00000000
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
coco1 * 2048 133119 65536 83 Linux
coco2 133120 42076159 20971520 83 Linux
coco3 42076160 84019199 20971520 83 Linux
coco4 84019200 3907029167 1911504984 5 Extended
coco5 84021248 92409855 4194304 82 Linux swap / Solaris
coco6 92411904 100800511 4194304 83 Linux
coco7 100802560 109191167 4194304 83 Linux
coco8 109193216 117581823 4194304 83 Linux
coco9 117583872 125972479 4194304 83 Linux
coco10 125974528 1384265727 629145600 83 Linux
coco11 1384267776 3481419775 1048576000 83 Linux
coco12 3481421824 3907029167 212803672 83 Linux
Command (m for help): d
Partition number (1-12, default 12): 9
Partition 9 is deleted
Command (m for help): d
Partition number (1-11, default 11): 8
Partition 8 is deleted
Command (m for help): d
Partition number (1-10, default 10): 7
Partition 7 is deleted
Command (m for help): d
Partition number (1-9, default 9): 6
Partition 6 is deleted
Command (m for help): p
<...>
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
coco1 * 2048 133119 65536 83 Linux
coco2 133120 42076159 20971520 83 Linux
coco3 42076160 84019199 20971520 83 Linux
coco4 84019200 3907029167 1911504984 5 Extended
coco5 84021248 92409855 4194304 82 Linux swap / Solaris
coco6 125974528 1384265727 629145600 83 Linux
coco7 1384267776 3481419775 1048576000 83 Linux
coco8 3481421824 3907029167 212803672 83 Linux
Command (m for help): n
All primary partitions are in use
Adding logical partition 9
First sector (92411904-3907029167, default 92411904):
Using default value 92411904
Last sector, +sectors or +size{K,M,G} (92411904-125972479, default
125972479):
Using default value 125972479
Partition 9 of type Linux and of size 16 GiB is set
Command (m for help): p
<...>
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
coco1 * 2048 133119 65536 83 Linux
coco2 133120 42076159 20971520 83 Linux
coco3 42076160 84019199 20971520 83 Linux
coco4 84019200 3907029167 1911504984 5 Extended
coco5 84021248 92409855 4194304 82 Linux swap / Solaris
coco6 125974528 1384265727 629145600 83 Linux
coco7 1384267776 3481419775 1048576000 83 Linux
coco8 3481421824 3907029167 212803672 83 Linux
coco9 92411904 125972479 16780288 83 Linux
Partition table entries are not in disk order
Command (m for help): x
Expert command (m for help): f
Done.
Expert command (m for help): r
Command (m for help): p
<...>
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
coco1 * 2048 133119 65536 83 Linux
coco2 133120 42076159 20971520 83 Linux
coco3 42076160 84019199 20971520 83 Linux
coco4 84019200 3907029167 1911504984 5 Extended
coco5 84021248 92409855 4194304 82 Linux swap / Solaris
coco6 125974528 1384265727 629145600 83 Linux
coco7 1384267776 3481419775 1048576000 83 Linux
coco8 3481421824 3907029167 212803672 83 Linux
coco9 4387379200 4420939775 16780288 83 Linux
Command (m for help): v
Logical partition 9 not entirely in partition 4
Remaining 12282 unallocated 512-byte sectors
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Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi
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