=================================== # LANG=C parted -a none /dev/loop0 GNU Parted 2.1 Using /dev/loop0 Welcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands. (parted) u s (parted) mkpart primary 1MiB 1GiB (parted) p Model: (file) Disk /dev/loop0: 41943040s Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B Partition Table: msdos
Number Start End Size Type File system Flags 1 2048s 2097152s 2095105s primary (parted) =================================== # LANG=C parted -a opt /dev/loop0 GNU Parted 2.1 Using /dev/loop0 Welcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands. (parted) u s (parted) mkpart primary 1MiB 1GiB (parted) p Model: (file) Disk /dev/loop0: 41943040s Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B Partition Table: msdos Number Start End Size Type File system Flags 1 2048s 2097151s 2095104s primary (parted) ======================================= So, I guess, for losetup device, Parted aligns to the border of the page (4096 bytes) To make things easier, PLEASE interpret "END" parameter of mkpart command as offset of the END of last accessible sector of this partition. Today Parted interprets this parameter as offset of BEGINNIG of last accessible sector in this partiton. I think i'm not first who mention this behaviour. Please point me to bug/documentation so. -- Segmentation fault
