Package: util-linux Version: 2.12r-19 Severity: whishlist Having -C -H -S parameters and working from the command line with sfdisk -d style here documents makes sfdisk suited to making disc images for virtual machines or automatic installation.
It issues a warning about file not being a block device, but then does BLKRRPART ioctl anyway. Be tidier if it did not do BLKRRPART ioctl. Warning: sfdisk.img is not a block device Disk sfdisk.img: cannot get geometry Disk sfdisk.img: 1024 cylinders, 255 heads, 63 sectors/track sfdisk: ERROR: sector 0 does not have an msdos signature sfdisk.img: unrecognized partition table type Old situation: No partitions found New situation: Units = sectors of 512 bytes, counting from 0 Device Boot Start End #sectors Id System sfdisk.img1 * 63 16450559 16450497 c W95 FAT32 (LBA) sfdisk.img2 0 - 0 0 Empty sfdisk.img3 0 - 0 0 Empty sfdisk.img4 0 - 0 0 Empty Successfully wrote the new partition table Re-reading the partition table ... BLKRRPART: Inappropriate ioctl for device -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
