Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2007 02:02:30 -0500 From: "DAK GHATIKACHALAM" <dakfreebsd@gmail.com> To: "Malcolm Kay" <malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FDISK output question -- OT Message-ID: <5df74baa0702282302x37ca74ffh10ba984b1e559c25@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200703010134.51955.malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> References: <5df74baa0702261339w7b2fac38v3e5f9f0dafd90f11@mail.gmail.com> <200703010134.51955.malcolm.kay@internode.on.net>
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On 2/28/07, Malcolm Kay <malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> 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): >
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