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
>
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Shane D. Johnson
IT Administrator
Rasmussen Equipment

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