Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2007 01:34:51 +1030 From: Malcolm Kay <malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FDISK output question -- OT Message-ID: <200703010134.51955.malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> In-Reply-To: <5df74baa0702261339w7b2fac38v3e5f9f0dafd90f11@mail.gmail.com> References: <5df74baa0702261339w7b2fac38v3e5f9f0dafd90f11@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, 27 Feb 2007 08:09 am, DAK GHATIKACHALAM wrote: > Hi Freebsd > > Question about FDISK > > Do you have an idea what does that '+' means in Blocks > columns > > as seen below it is 419425019+ > > Does it signify anything , because for certain disks I do not > see that '+' as the end of blocks? > I believe you are posting to the wrong list. This list is about FreeBSD which is a form of BSD unix -- not Linux. The extraneous '+' is a characteristic of the Linux version of fdisk. I believe it indicates that the indicated 52216 units do not exactly correspond to the 419425019 blocks (but I'm not a Linux expert). I believe there is also an option to show more detail. Switch to expert mode with 'x' before the 'p' enquiry. Malcolm > Thanks > Dak > > [root@kali root]# fdisk /dev/sdk > > The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 52216. > There is nothing wrong with that, but this is larger than > 1024, and could in certain setups cause problems with: > 1) software that runs at boot time (e.g., old versions of > LILO) 2) booting and partitioning software from other OSs > (e.g., DOS FDISK, OS/2 FDISK) > > Command (m for help): p > > Disk /dev/sdk: 429.4 GB, 429496729600 bytes > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 52216 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/sdk1 1 52216 419425019+ 83 Linux > > Command (m for help):
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