[Bug 605720] Re: fdisk creates partition beyond end of disk

[Colin Watson]

It's not clear to me whether this is a bug.

I created a test disk image in kvm of exactly the same size and followed
your directions.  The second partition doesn't actually extend beyond
the end of the disk.  It does extend one cylinder beyond the count shown
by fdisk, but that's because the last sector on the disk is after the
last cylinder - i.e. the last cylinder is incomplete.  There's an
argument that that's what you ask for by turning off cylinder mode.  I
don't think this bug should necessarily be closed out of hand, but it
doesn't seem entirely unreasonable behaviour from a relatively low-level
tool like fdisk.

Bug 569900 is going to be something different, because the installer
doesn't use fdisk.

** Changed in: util-linux (Ubuntu)
   Importance: High => Medium

** Changed in: util-linux (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Triaged

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fdisk creates partition beyond end of disk
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