> there is no x flag, just -v,-l,-u, and -b,-C,-H,-S It's a menu command when you run linux fdisk in interactive mode:
# fdisk /dev/sda The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 121601. There is nothing wrong with that, but this is larger than 1024, and could in certain setups cause problems with: 1) software that runs at boot time (e.g., old versions of LILO) 2) booting and partitioning software from other OSs (e.g., DOS FDISK, OS/2 FDISK) Command (m for help): p Disk /dev/sda: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk identifier: 0x000d830f Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 1306 121601 966277620 5 Extended /dev/sda2 * 1 1305 10482381 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/sda5 121571 121601 249007+ 83 Linux /dev/sda6 1306 34723 268430053+ 8e Linux LVM /dev/sda7 34724 84845 402604933+ 8e Linux LVM /dev/sda8 121538 121570 265072+ 83 Linux /dev/sda9 84846 101553 134206978+ 8e Linux LVM Partition table entries are not in disk order Command (m for help): x Expert command (m for help): p Disk /dev/sda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 121601 cylinders Nr AF Hd Sec Cyl Hd Sec Cyl Start Size ID 1 00 254 63 1023 254 63 1023 20964825 1932555240 05 2 80 1 1 0 254 63 1023 63 20964762 82 3 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 4 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 5 00 254 63 1023 254 63 1023 1932057225 498015 83 6 00 254 63 1023 254 63 1023 62 536860107 8e 7 00 254 63 1023 254 63 1023 63 805209867 8e 8 00 254 63 1023 254 63 1023 63 530145 83 9 00 254 63 1023 254 63 1023 63 268413957 8e Expert command (m for help): This message posted from opensolaris.org
