From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 1 07:02:31 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7483E16A402 for ; Thu, 1 Mar 2007 07:02:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dakfreebsd@gmail.com) Received: from wx-out-0506.google.com (wx-out-0506.google.com [66.249.82.235]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A90C13C467 for ; Thu, 1 Mar 2007 07:02:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dakfreebsd@gmail.com) Received: by wx-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id s18so331896wxc for ; Wed, 28 Feb 2007 23:02:30 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=C5Q2R0nxlX/+UGR9m2sPQD/yo3DTa1hV3BV3yYGCxOK/NeQuuG/88e7eC91q1kyQfAlaBEClDT2TzG3mRn427PoAZIoNNuHaRfkXi/PwX3RFCy6rxvuJhqwTQdN05MzwA+3286c0Jq9bkOOHRE5EAYIFCShm6hObdw4T1gKIKn8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=cm5Eu8HPDUMKoueG12IZRmrkuyeXpnTdJHyIAySHn+Ev9bCSiDwMIxXAPw1CaY1/9VV1+CPMM3fxMLpdiMYot/QrhHaCtHP0CJQZTUbsZ9kFoMKPknCsbB1uqw5A9oW/vEqho3HZv775hYg9iC171EmS7v7Szx8mXQfxuTRWo0o= Received: by 10.114.27.20 with SMTP id a20mr1858635waa.1172732550139; Wed, 28 Feb 2007 23:02:30 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.114.179.15 with HTTP; Wed, 28 Feb 2007 23:02:30 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <5df74baa0702282302x37ca74ffh10ba984b1e559c25@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2007 02:02:30 -0500 From: "DAK GHATIKACHALAM" To: "Malcolm Kay" In-Reply-To: <200703010134.51955.malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <5df74baa0702261339w7b2fac38v3e5f9f0dafd90f11@mail.gmail.com> <200703010134.51955.malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FDISK output question -- OT X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2007 07:02:31 -0000 On 2/28/07, Malcolm Kay wrote: > > 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. I never believed that Linux( for the reasons there are just around for past 12 years only ) community would be as technically savvy as bsd unix community. so I never subscribed to any linux community. But we cant control the whole world, In professional world we always happened to work in cross platforms ( like me personally my laptop is on freebsd, but my work place is using Linux, Windows and Solaris only) , I thought it would not really hurt to ask here anyway. 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. Thanks a lot Malcolm for that input I am going try tomorrow. Thanks Dak 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): >