On 02/01/13 04:25 PM, Patrick Bartek wrote:
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
Using GPT, the first partition starts at 2048. Get used to it.
Seriously, this is how disks are partitioned these days.
You have an extended partition for swap space. I'd remove it and make
the swap partition a primary partition if you really want a swap
partition. No need for two partition tables on a disk with only two real
partitions.
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