In preparation of a clean install of Wheezy, I did a test install in VirtualBox 3.1.8 running under Fedora 12 64-bit. To save time, I used the installer's default partitioning scheme. Normally I custom partition. Anyway, I noticed an oddity: There are gaps between the partitions. Sizable ones. Plus, sda1 starts at 2048, not 1. I don't know if this is due to the installer partitioner or a quirk in VirtualBox. I noticed this on a VB install of Debian 6, too, on the same system. Anybody got any ideas on the why? Wasn't able to find anything applicable on net searches.
Here's the output for fdisk -l on the Wheezy virtual hard drive. Disk /dev/sda: 8589 MB, 8589934592 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1044 cylinders, total 16777216 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x000d6c53 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 * 2048 15988735 7993344 83 Linux /dev/sda2 15990782 16775167 392193 5 Extended /dev/sda5 15990784 16775167 392192 82 Linux swap / Solaris Thanks. B -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
