When I use fdisk to create partitions, I turn off DOS compatibility (c command) and uses sectors(u command) and start my partitions at the default (2048 I beleive) and I don't have any problems.
Shane On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 12:33 PM, Hendrik Boom <hend...@topoi.pooq.com>wrote: > On Mon, 01 Oct 2012 12:04:56 -0400, Tom H wrote: > > > On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 11:33 AM, Hendrik Boom <hend...@topoi.pooq.com> > > wrote: > >> On Mon, 01 Oct 2012 10:48:53 -0400, Tom H wrote: > >>> On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 10:35 AM, Hendrik Boom <hend...@topoi.pooq.com> > >>> wrote: > >>>> On Mon, 01 Oct 2012 10:08:43 -0400, Tom H wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> How big's your post-MBR gap? > >>>> > >>>> I gather that's the so-called embedding region. I don't know. How > >>>> do I go about finding out? Can I change it? > >>> > >>> fdisk -l /dev/sdX > >> > >> april:/farhome/hendrik# fdisk -l /dev/sdd > >> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > >> /dev/sdd1 1 124 995998+ 83 Linux > >> > >> april:/farhome/hendrik# fdisk -l /dev/sdc > >> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > >> /dev/sdc1 1 132 1060258+ 83 Linux > > > > There's no post-MBR gap since sdX1 starts on "1". > > So I'd have to move those partitions slightly so they'll start at 2? > > Or 3? > > That I can probably do! > > Is there any way to tell how much space is needed? > > -- hendrik > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/k4cnlr$6km$1...@ger.gmane.org > > -- Shane D. Johnson IT Administrator Rasmussen Equipment
