The partition start at the same cylinder that the previous partition end at.

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

The partition start at the same cylinder that the previous partition end at.

   # fdisk -l /dev/sda

Disk /dev/sda: 107.4 GB, 107374182400 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 13054 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes 
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000e9cf1

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *           1          26      204800   83  Linux
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda2              26        7833    62708736   8e  Linux LVM

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • fdisk

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