Initial partition for boot on first disk (/dev/sda) always starts at sector 2 or 3?
Issue
- Despite trying multiple options in the build, the initial partition always starts at sector 2 - leaving sector 1 vacant:
[root@localhost ~]# fdisk -l /dev/vda
Disk /dev/vda: 8589 MB, 8589934592 bytes
16 heads, 63 sectors/track, 16644 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 = 516096 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00063452
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/vda1 * 3 1018 512000 83 Linux
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/vda2 1018 16645 7875584 8e Linux LVM
Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux(RHEL) 6
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