"sfdisk -l -uM /dev/hda" yields:
Disk /dev/hda: 1216 cylinders, 255 heads, 63 sectors/track Units = mebibytes of 1048576 bytes, blocks of 1024 bytes, counting from 0
Device Boot Start End MiB #blocks Id System /dev/hda1 * 0+ 6149- 6150- 6297448+ 83 Linux /dev/hda2 6149+ 7177- 1028- 1052257+ 82 Linux swap /dev/hda3 7177+ 9538- 2362- 2417782+ 83 Linux /dev/hda4 0 - 0 0 0 Empty
I noticed a difference in a heading, "MiB" on SuSE9.0, "MB" on RH9. Also "mebibytes" -- what the heck? Could this version of sfdisk be corrupt?
prepareclient currently looks for mebibytes. This from Common.pm:
# If we catch the "Units =" line, and we confirm that the sfdisk
# output is using
# megabytes or sectors, then we're good to go. -BEF-
#
if ((m|^Units =|) and ((m|^Units = megabytes|) or (m|^Units = mebibytes|))) {That 4th partition puzzles me; it seems to be an artifact of the installation program. I used fdisk, removed it, and rebooted, but it's still there. Wierd.
I believe that sfdisk will report all possible primary partitions, even
if they are allocated no blocks (not that it's all zeros). Not to worry about this.
-- Carl Benson, PHS Linux NetAdmin (206-667-4862, [EMAIL PROTECTED])
Brian Elliott Finley wrote:What is the output from:
sfdisk -l -uM /dev/hda
Thus spake Carl J. Benson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
I'm trying to make an image of a golden client running SuSE9.0. I downloaded and installed SystemImager from sisuite.org, according to the instructions. The installation appeared to be successful.
When I run prepareclient, it tells me:
Using "sfdisk" to gather information about /dev/hda...
FATAL: Your sfdisk output does not appear to be in megabytes or sectors, and I just don't know what to do with it! The disk in question is: hda
I've used prepareclient successfully on several dozen RedHat 9 and a Debian system, so this took me by surprise. Running "sfdisk -v" on both the SuSE9.0 and a sample RH9 system gives the same result, version 3.07.
I tried "sfdisk -l /dev/hda" on both my SuSE9.0 system and a RH9 system, and the units appear to be the same.
Any ideas, anyone?
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