[Bug 1849188] [NEW] fdisk fails to report heads/sectors/cylinders

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Public bug reported:

Hello Util-Linux Team,

The following is what I was trying to do:  
user at group:~$ sudo fdisk /dev/sda1
Command (m for help): p

The second line after entering "p" should show something like this:
"255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 497 cylinders, total 7997440 sectors"

However, this information is no longer available on Ubuntu 18.04.3. I
was originally using util-linux 2.31.1 (2.31.1-0.4ubuntu3.4 500). So, I
upgraded to util-linux 2.34-0 (2.34-0.1ubuntu2) and the problem is still
there.

For sanity sake, I VM'd an Ubuntu 14.04 which uses util-linux 2.20.1 and
tested that fdisk did work properly and produced the 'heads,
sectors/track, cylinders, total sectors' line.

Please let me know if this is something that can be fixed or re-added
into fdisk; or, of any other possible methods to produce such valuable
information in terminal.

Thank you for your time in attending to this problem.

** Affects: util-linux (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  fdisk fails to report heads/sectors/cylinders

Status in util-linux package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Hello Util-Linux Team,

  The following is what I was trying to do:  
  user at group:~$ sudo fdisk /dev/sda1
  Command (m for help): p

  The second line after entering "p" should show something like this:
  "255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 497 cylinders, total 7997440 sectors"

  However, this information is no longer available on Ubuntu 18.04.3. I
  was originally using util-linux 2.31.1 (2.31.1-0.4ubuntu3.4 500). So,
  I upgraded to util-linux 2.34-0 (2.34-0.1ubuntu2) and the problem is
  still there.

  For sanity sake, I VM'd an Ubuntu 14.04 which uses util-linux 2.20.1
  and tested that fdisk did work properly and produced the 'heads,
  sectors/track, cylinders, total sectors' line.

  Please let me know if this is something that can be fixed or re-added
  into fdisk; or, of any other possible methods to produce such valuable
  information in terminal.

  Thank you for your time in attending to this problem.

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