Fdisk _will_ allow a partition to start after cylinder 1024.
Following is a copy of my partition table (The reasons for the
odd assortment of logical partitions are too lengthy to go into here):
Device Boot Begin Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 1 305 153688+ 6 DOS 16-bit >=32M
/dev/hda2 306 306 1265 483840 5 Extended
/dev/hda3 1024 1266 1365 50400 83 Linux native
/dev/hda4 1024 1366 2105 372960 83 Linux native
/dev/hda5 306 306 712 205096+ 6 DOS 16-bit >=32M
/dev/hda6 713 713 777 32728+ 4 DOS 16-bit <32M
/dev/hda7 778 778 780 1480+ 1 DOS 12-bit FAT
/dev/hda8 781 781 840 30208+ 83 Linux native
/dev/hda9 841 841 900 30208+ 83 Linux native
/dev/hda10 901 901 1000 50368+ 83 Linux native
/dev/hda11 1001 1001 1060 30208+ 82 Linux swap
/dev/hda12 1024 1061 1265 103288+ 83 Linux native
The 'Begin' column is meaningless with disks exceeding 1024
cylinders. The 'v' command (verify the partition table) will complain
vigorously about overlaps in setups like this, but those complaints
may be ignored.
Bob
On Wed, 19 Feb 1997 "Gennaro Zezza - Fac. Sc. Politiche" wrote:
> I have apparently solved the problem with my large disk, though not in an
> entirely satisfactory way.
> I noticed that fdisk will not allow a partition to begin AFTER cylinder
> 1024, be it a logical or a primary partition.
> I therefore had my last partition start before cyl 1024 and all error
> messages have disappeared.
> This is not entirely satisfactory since I did not want such a large
> fourth partition...
>
> Hope this might help someone else, and if you have better solutions let me
> know.
>
> Gennaro Zezza
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