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Package: util-linux
Version: 2.17.2-9
Severity: serious
File: /sbin/fdisk
Justification: Near Data Loss
Hi,
I wanted to resize a partition, so I deleted it and recreated it (is there no
better way?). After this, the system no longer booted...
Turns out the old partition started at sector 63 and the new partition can't
start before sector 2048. Not so good.
Greetings,
Olaf
-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
APT prefers stable
APT policy: (500, 'stable'), (1, 'unstable'), (1, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-2-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages util-linux depends on:
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ii libblkid1 2.17.2-9 block device id library
ii libc6 2.11.2-11 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii libncurses5 5.7+20100313-5 shared libraries for terminal hand
ii libselinux1 2.0.96-1 SELinux runtime shared libraries
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ii libuuid1 2.17.2-9 Universally Unique ID library
ii lsb-base 3.2-27 Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip
ii tzdata 2011a-1 time zone and daylight-saving time
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3 compression library - runtime
util-linux recommends no packages.
Versions of packages util-linux suggests:
ii console-tools 1:0.2.3dbs-69.1 Linux console and font utilities
pn dosfstools <none> (no description available)
pn util-linux-locales <none> (no description available)
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--- Begin Message ---
On Tue, 2011-02-15 at 23:35 +0100, Olaf van der Spek wrote:
> Package: util-linux
> Version: 2.17.2-9
> Severity: serious
> File: /sbin/fdisk
> Justification: Near Data Loss
>
> Hi,
>
> I wanted to resize a partition, so I deleted it and recreated it
> (is there no better way?). After this, the system no longer booted...
>
> Turns out the old partition started at sector 63 and the new partition
> can't start before sector 2048. Not so good.
That's hardly a bug:
* If you delete something, data loss is the expected outcome.
* If you want to do advanced operations like resizing a partition,
use more advanced tools like parted.
* The fact that fdisk doesn't let you start partitions before
sector 2048 is a feature, not a bug ;-). This is used to ensure
the correct alignment of partitions on modern hard drives with a
(physical) sector size of more than 512 bytes.
* However, fdisk will still let you create partitions that start
at sector 63, if you are in DOS-compatible mode, i.e. don't
specify -c as parameter.
Best regards
Alexander Kurtz
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