fdisk outputs "partition N does not start on physical sector boundary"

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Issue

  • after creating partition table via fdisk, the following messages are output:
# fdisk -lu /dev/sdX

disk /dev/sdX: 146.0 GB, 145999527936 bytes
heads 255, sectors 63, cylinders 17750,tatal 285155328 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
sector size (logical / physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000f4210

Device Boot         Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *          63     1012094      506016   83  Linux
Partition 1 does not start on physical sector boundary.
/dev/sda2         1012095    17783954     8385930   82  Linux swap / Solaris
Partition 2 does not start on physical sector boundary.
/dev/sda3        17783955   285153749   133684897+  83  Linux
Partition 3 does not start on physical sector boundary.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • util-linux-ng-2.17.2-12.el6 or later
  • Storage with physical sector size different from logical sector size (for example Advanced Format 512e drive)

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