Disk /dev/hda: 163.9 GB, 163928604672 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19929 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
cat reefa-disk-start-128k.img > huge.img dd if=/dev/zero of=huge.img seek=164G bs=1 count=1 fdisk -C 19929 -S 63 -H 255 reefa-disk-start-128k.img Warning: invalid flag 0x0000 of partition table 5 will be corrected by w(rite) Disk huge.img: 0 MB, 0 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19929 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System huge.img1 2 3188 25599577+ f W95 Ext'd (LBA) huge.img4 3189 19929 134472082+ 7 HPFS/NTFS This is because the extended partition table (/dev/hda5) begins further in the disk and that section hasn't been copied. -- After install: "/bin/sh: Can't access tty; Job control turned off" https://launchpad.net/bugs/86345 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs