This is fdisk from openSUSE 13.1. I have added partitions 15+ with parted. Once I'm done with repartitioning, I wanted to sort the partitions with fdisk like I have done it in the past. Too bad, this fails with the version included. The start sector is all scrambled and outside the disk. Lukily, this time I did not write it to disk. Looks like 2.24.1, included in Factory, is still broken. Olaf root@optiplex:~ # fdisk /dev/sda Welcome to fdisk (util-linux 2.23.2). 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/sda: 1500.3 GB, 1500301910016 bytes, 2930277168 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: 0x0003bcd6 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 * 2048 2097151 1047552 83 Linux /dev/sda2 2097152 4194303 1048576 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT /dev/sda3 4194304 20971519 8388608 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/sda4 20971520 2930276351 1454652416 f W95 Ext'd (LBA) /dev/sda5 20973568 73402367 26214400 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT /dev/sda6 73404416 136318975 31457280 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT /dev/sda7 136321024 199235583 31457280 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT /dev/sda8 199237632 262152191 31457280 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT /dev/sda9 262154240 325068799 31457280 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT /dev/sda10 325070848 702558207 188743680 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT /dev/sda11 899624960 1048561663 74468352 83 Linux /dev/sda12 1048576000 1258289151 104856576 83 Linux /dev/sda13 1258291200 1853884415 297796608 83 Linux /dev/sda14 1853886464 2930276351 538194944 83 Linux /dev/sda15 702558209 723529472 10485632 83 Linux /dev/sda16 723529728 744501247 10485760 83 Linux /dev/sda17 744501249 765471888 10485320 83 Linux /dev/sda18 765472768 786442239 10484736 83 Linux /dev/sda19 786442241 807414304 10486032 83 Linux /dev/sda20 807414306 828385512 10485603+ 83 Linux /dev/sda21 828385514 849356720 10485603+ 83 Linux /dev/sda22 849356800 870328319 10485760 83 Linux Partition table entries are not in disk order Command (m for help): x Expert command (m for help): p Disk /dev/sda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 182401 cylinders Nr AF Hd Sec Cyl Hd Sec Cyl Start Size ID 1 80 117 1 1 138 8 1023 2048 2095104 83 2 00 138 8 1023 138 8 1023 2097152 2097152 07 3 00 21 17 261 254 63 1023 4194304 16777216 82 4 00 254 63 1023 254 63 1023 20971520 2909304832 0f 5 00 138 8 1023 138 8 1023 2048 52428800 07 6 00 138 8 1023 138 8 1023 184 62914560 07 7 00 138 8 1023 138 8 1023 944 62914560 07 8 00 138 8 1023 138 8 1023 592 62914560 07 9 00 138 8 1023 138 8 1023 240 62914560 07 10 00 138 8 1023 138 8 1023 1000 377487360 07 11 00 138 8 1023 138 8 1023 280 148936704 83 12 00 138 8 1023 138 8 1023 32 209713152 83 13 00 138 8 1023 138 8 1023 928 595593216 83 14 00 138 8 1023 138 8 1023 96 1076389888 83 15 00 138 8 1023 138 8 1023 1 20971264 83 16 00 138 8 1023 138 8 1023 255 20971520 83 17 00 138 8 1023 138 8 1023 1 20970640 83 18 00 138 8 1023 138 8 1023 879 20969472 83 19 00 138 8 1023 138 8 1023 1 20972064 83 20 00 138 8 1023 138 8 1023 1 20971207 83 21 00 138 8 1023 138 8 1023 1 20971207 83 22 00 138 8 1023 138 8 1023 79 20971520 83 Expert command (m for help): p Disk /dev/sda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 182401 cylinders Nr AF Hd Sec Cyl Hd Sec Cyl Start Size ID 1 80 117 1 1 138 8 1023 2048 2095104 83 2 00 138 8 1023 138 8 1023 2097152 2097152 07 3 00 21 17 261 254 63 1023 4194304 16777216 82 4 00 254 63 1023 254 63 1023 20971520 2909304832 0f 5 00 138 8 1023 138 8 1023 2048 52428800 07 6 00 138 8 1023 138 8 1023 184 62914560 07 7 00 138 8 1023 138 8 1023 944 62914560 07 8 00 138 8 1023 138 8 1023 592 62914560 07 9 00 138 8 1023 138 8 1023 240 62914560 07 10 00 138 8 1023 138 8 1023 1000 377487360 07 11 00 138 8 1023 138 8 1023 197066752 148936704 83 12 00 138 8 1023 138 8 1023 325046527 209713152 83 13 00 138 8 1023 138 8 1023 513789952 595593216 83 14 00 138 8 1023 138 8 1023 1088414575 1076389888 83 15 00 138 8 1023 138 8 1023 4211083265 20971264 83 16 00 138 8 1023 138 8 1023 4211082719 20971520 83 17 00 138 8 1023 138 8 1023 4211083032 20970640 83 18 00 138 8 1023 138 8 1023 4211083343 20969472 83 19 00 138 8 1023 138 8 1023 4181784857 20972064 83 20 00 138 8 1023 138 8 1023 4053805634 20971207 83 21 00 138 8 1023 138 8 1023 3865062538 20971207 83 22 00 138 8 1023 138 8 1023 3290437728 20971520 83 Expert command (m for help): r Command (m for help): p Disk /dev/sda: 1500.3 GB, 1500301910016 bytes, 2930277168 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: 0x0003bcd6 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 * 2048 2097151 1047552 83 Linux /dev/sda2 2097152 4194303 1048576 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT /dev/sda3 4194304 20971519 8388608 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/sda4 20971520 2930276351 1454652416 f W95 Ext'd (LBA) /dev/sda5 20973568 73402367 26214400 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT /dev/sda6 73404416 136318975 31457280 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT /dev/sda7 136321024 199235583 31457280 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT /dev/sda8 199237632 262152191 31457280 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT /dev/sda9 262154240 325068799 31457280 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT /dev/sda10 325070848 702558207 188743680 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT /dev/sda11 899624960 1048561663 74468352 83 Linux /dev/sda12 1048576000 1258289151 104856576 83 Linux /dev/sda13 1258291200 1853884415 297796608 83 Linux /dev/sda14 1853886464 2930276351 538194944 83 Linux /dev/sda15 4997525505 5018496768 10485632 83 Linux /dev/sda16 5018497024 5039468543 10485760 83 Linux /dev/sda17 5039468545 5060439184 10485320 83 Linux /dev/sda18 5060440064 5081409535 10484736 83 Linux /dev/sda19 5081409537 5102381600 10486032 83 Linux /dev/sda20 5102381602 5123352808 10485603+ 83 Linux /dev/sda21 5123352810 5144324016 10485603+ 83 Linux /dev/sda22 5144324096 5165295615 10485760 83 Linux Now with newer version: 0:192.168.2.102:~ # fdisk /dev/sda Welcome to fdisk (util-linux 2.24.1). 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/sda: 1.4 TiB, 1500301910016 bytes, 2930277168 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 Disklabel type: dos Disk identifier: 0x0003bcd6 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 * 2048 2097151 1047552 83 Linux /dev/sda2 2097152 4194303 1048576 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT /dev/sda3 4194304 20971519 8388608 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/sda4 20971520 2930276351 1454652416 f W95 Ext'd (LBA) /dev/sda5 20973568 73402367 26214400 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT /dev/sda6 73404416 136318975 31457280 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT /dev/sda7 136321024 199235583 31457280 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT /dev/sda8 199237632 262152191 31457280 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT /dev/sda9 262154240 325068799 31457280 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT /dev/sda10 325070848 702558207 188743680 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT /dev/sda11 899624960 1048561663 74468352 83 Linux /dev/sda12 1048576000 1258289151 104856576 83 Linux /dev/sda13 1258291200 1853884415 297796608 83 Linux /dev/sda14 1853886464 2930276351 538194944 83 Linux /dev/sda15 702558209 723529472 10485632 83 Linux /dev/sda16 723529728 744501247 10485760 83 Linux /dev/sda17 744501249 765471888 10485320 83 Linux /dev/sda18 765472768 786442239 10484736 83 Linux /dev/sda19 786442241 807414304 10486032 83 Linux /dev/sda20 807414306 828385512 10485603+ 83 Linux /dev/sda21 828385514 849356720 10485603+ 83 Linux /dev/sda22 849356800 870328319 10485760 83 Linux Partition table entries are not in disk order. Command (m for help): x Expert command (m for help): p Disk /dev/sda: 1.4 TiB, 1500301910016 bytes, 2930277168 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 Disklabel type: dos Disk identifier: 0x0003bcd6 Nr AF Hd Sec Cyl Hd Sec Cyl Start Size Id 1 80 117 1 1 138 8 1023 2048 2095104 83 2 00 138 8 1023 138 8 1023 2097152 2097152 07 3 00 21 17 261 254 63 1023 4194304 16777216 82 4 00 254 63 1023 254 63 1023 20971520 2909304832 0f 5 00 138 8 1023 138 8 1023 2048 52428800 07 6 00 138 8 1023 138 8 1023 184 62914560 07 7 00 138 8 1023 138 8 1023 944 62914560 07 8 00 138 8 1023 138 8 1023 592 62914560 07 9 00 138 8 1023 138 8 1023 240 62914560 07 10 00 138 8 1023 138 8 1023 1000 377487360 07 11 00 138 8 1023 138 8 1023 280 148936704 83 12 00 138 8 1023 138 8 1023 32 209713152 83 13 00 138 8 1023 138 8 1023 928 595593216 83 14 00 138 8 1023 138 8 1023 96 1076389888 83 15 00 138 8 1023 138 8 1023 1 20971264 83 16 00 138 8 1023 138 8 1023 255 20971520 83 17 00 138 8 1023 138 8 1023 1 20970640 83 18 00 138 8 1023 138 8 1023 879 20969472 83 19 00 138 8 1023 138 8 1023 1 20972064 83 20 00 138 8 1023 138 8 1023 1 20971207 83 21 00 138 8 1023 138 8 1023 1 20971207 83 22 00 138 8 1023 138 8 1023 79 20971520 83 Expert command (m for help): f Done. Expert command (m for help): p Disk /dev/sda: 1.4 TiB, 1500301910016 bytes, 2930277168 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 Disklabel type: dos Disk identifier: 0x0003bcd6 Nr AF Hd Sec Cyl Hd Sec Cyl Start Size Id 1 80 117 1 1 138 8 1023 2048 2095104 83 2 00 138 8 1023 138 8 1023 2097152 2097152 07 3 00 21 17 261 254 63 1023 4194304 16777216 82 4 00 254 63 1023 254 63 1023 20971520 2909304832 0f 5 00 138 8 1023 138 8 1023 2048 52428800 07 6 00 138 8 1023 138 8 1023 184 62914560 07 7 00 138 8 1023 138 8 1023 944 62914560 07 8 00 138 8 1023 138 8 1023 592 62914560 07 9 00 138 8 1023 138 8 1023 240 62914560 07 10 00 138 8 1023 138 8 1023 1000 377487360 07 11 00 138 8 1023 138 8 1023 197066752 148936704 83 12 00 138 8 1023 138 8 1023 325046527 209713152 83 13 00 138 8 1023 138 8 1023 513789952 595593216 83 14 00 138 8 1023 138 8 1023 1088414575 1076389888 83 15 00 138 8 1023 138 8 1023 4211083265 20971264 83 16 00 138 8 1023 138 8 1023 4211082719 20971520 83 17 00 138 8 1023 138 8 1023 4211083032 20970640 83 18 00 138 8 1023 138 8 1023 4211083343 20969472 83 19 00 138 8 1023 138 8 1023 4181784857 20972064 83 20 00 138 8 1023 138 8 1023 4053805634 20971207 83 21 00 138 8 1023 138 8 1023 3865062538 20971207 83 22 00 138 8 1023 138 8 1023 3290437728 20971520 83 Expert command (m for help): r Command (m for help): p Disk /dev/sda: 1.4 TiB, 1500301910016 bytes, 2930277168 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 Disklabel type: dos Disk identifier: 0x0003bcd6 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 * 2048 2097151 1047552 83 Linux /dev/sda2 2097152 4194303 1048576 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT /dev/sda3 4194304 20971519 8388608 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/sda4 20971520 2930276351 1454652416 f W95 Ext'd (LBA) /dev/sda5 20973568 73402367 26214400 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT /dev/sda6 73404416 136318975 31457280 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT /dev/sda7 136321024 199235583 31457280 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT /dev/sda8 199237632 262152191 31457280 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT /dev/sda9 262154240 325068799 31457280 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT /dev/sda10 325070848 702558207 188743680 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT /dev/sda11 899624960 1048561663 74468352 83 Linux /dev/sda12 1048576000 1258289151 104856576 83 Linux /dev/sda13 1258291200 1853884415 297796608 83 Linux /dev/sda14 1853886464 2930276351 538194944 83 Linux /dev/sda15 4997525505 5018496768 10485632 83 Linux /dev/sda16 5018497024 5039468543 10485760 83 Linux /dev/sda17 5039468545 5060439184 10485320 83 Linux /dev/sda18 5060440064 5081409535 10484736 83 Linux /dev/sda19 5081409537 5102381600 10486032 83 Linux /dev/sda20 5102381602 5123352808 10485603+ 83 Linux /dev/sda21 5123352810 5144324016 10485603+ 83 Linux /dev/sda22 5144324096 5165295615 10485760 83 Linux -- 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