This is not a real problem... The reason is because fdisk still have in mind the deprecated CHS geometry and when a partition does not perfectly end on a cylinder boundary it prints that message. Other partitioning tools that use the "megabytes" boundaries (like parted) simply ignore that...
Regards, -Andrea John DeBella wrote: > Hi, > > > > I’ve seen some posts on this but haven’t found any resolutions. I’m > using systemimager 3.7.5-1 to install both RedHat 4 and 3 on HP DL360 > and DL380 hardware. When I initially install these machines with the OS > fdisk looks clean, however, when installing from an image fdisk reports > the following: > > > > #: fdisk -l /dev/cciss/c0d0 > > > > Disk /dev/cciss/c0d0: 36.4 GB, 36414750720 bytes > > 255 heads, 32 sectors/track, 8716 cylinders > > Units = cylinders of 8160 * 512 = 4177920 bytes > > > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > > /dev/cciss/c0d0p1 * 1 36 146484 83 Linux > > Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary. > > /dev/cciss/c0d0p2 36 2909 11718750 83 Linux > > Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary. > > /dev/cciss/c0d0p3 2909 5781 11718750 83 Linux > > Partition 3 does not end on cylinder boundary. > > /dev/cciss/c0d0p4 5781 8716 11977295+ f Win95 Ext'd (LBA) > > Partition 4 does not end on cylinder boundary. > > /dev/cciss/c0d0p5 5781 6738 3906249+ 83 Linux > > /dev/cciss/c0d0p6 6738 7696 3906249+ 83 Linux > > /dev/cciss/c0d0p7 7696 8174 1953124+ 82 Linux swap > > /dev/cciss/c0d0p8 8174 8210 146484 83 Linux > > /dev/cciss/c0d0p9 8210 8716 2065170 83 Linux > > > > I’ve used systemimager for quite a while and have never seen this issue > before, (I’ve been away from it for a few months though). Seems to be > something that has come up in the later release(s)? > > > > Any ideas? > > > > Thanks, > > -John > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Sisuite-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sisuite-users
