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05-22-2013

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Linux fdisk question (Oracle Enterprise Linux)

OS: Oracle Enterprise Linux 6.2
Hypervisor: VMWare workstation 9

I created a VM and attached a 7gb virtual disk to it.

Using fdisk , I partioned the disk like below. The filesystems mounted on this is working fine. But I am seeing the message

Code:

Partition n does not end on cylinder boundary.

for each partitions as shown below.

Code:

# fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 7516 MB, 7516192768 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 913 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: 0x0006b683

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *           1          13      102400   83  Linux
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda2              13         144     1049600   83  Linux
Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda3             144         275     1049600   82  Linux swap / Solaris
Partition 3 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda4             275         914     5137408    5  Extended
Partition 4 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda5             275         914     5136384   83  Linux

Why am I getting this message ?
Can this be ignored ?

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partx

PARTX(8)						      System Manager's Manual							  PARTX(8)

NAME

       partx - telling the kernel about presence and numbering of on-disk partitions.

SYNOPSIS

       partx [-a|-d|-l] [--type TYPE] [--nr M-N] [partition] disk

DESCRIPTION

       Given  a  block	device	(  disk  ) and a partition table type , try to parse the partition table, and list the contents. Optionally add or
       remove partitions.

       This is not an fdisk - adding and removing partitions is not a change of the disk, but just telling the kernel about presence and numbering
       of on-disk partitions.

OPTIONS

       -a     add specified partitions or read disk and add all partitions

       -d     delete specified or all partitions

       -l     list partitions. Note that the all numbers are in 512-byte sectors.

       --type TYPE
	      Specify the partition type -- dos, bsd, solaris, unixware or gpt.

       --nr M-N
	      Specify the range of partitions (e.g --nr 2-4).

SEE ALSO

       addpart(8), delpart(8), fdisk(8), parted(8), partprobe(8)

AVAILABILITY

       The partx command is part of the util-linux-ng package and is available from ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux-ng/.

								    11 Jan 2007 							  PARTX(8)