Re: Problem with my HDD and FS's after upgrade and cloning the HDD
Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 12:17:24PM +0400, James Brown wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>> I use the Debian Lenny AMD64 on my laptop Acer TravelMate 3043.
>> After upgrading from my old HDD 120GB to 500GB and cloning the first to
>> the last, I have the next problem:
>> sudo fdisk -l
>>
>> Disk /dev/sda: 500 GB, 500105249280 bytes
>> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders
>> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
>>
>> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
>> /dev/sda1 1 509 4088511 12 Compaq diag
>> /dev/sda2 * 510 5214 37784880 c FAT32 LBA
>> /dev/sda4 5215 53727 389672640 5 Extended
>> /dev/sda5 5215 5257 337365 83 Linux
>> Warning: Partition 5 does not end on cylinder boundary.
>> /dev/sda6 5258 5865 4875727 83 Linux
>> Warning: Partition 6 does not end on cylinder boundary.
>> /dev/sda7 5866 6230 2923830 83 Linux
>> Warning: Partition 7 does not end on cylinder boundary.
>> /dev/sda8 6231 6399 1349460 82 Linux swap
>> Warning: Partition 8 does not end on cylinder boundary.
>> /dev/sda9 6400 6448 385560 83 Linux
>> Warning: Partition 9 does not end on cylinder boundary.
>> /dev/sda10 6449 53727 379760535 83 Linux
>> Warning: Partition 10 does not end on cylinder boundary.
>> /dev/sda3 53728 60801 56813872 c FAT32 LBA
>>
>> Some people tell me that the "Partition x does not end on cylinder
>> boundary" is not serious problem and advise me to do not call attention
>> to that.
>> But some other people tell my FS's can crash through that and reccomend
>> me to reinstall my system at all.
>> What can you advice me with that?
>>
>
> It doesn't matter. Some OSs (like DOS) would not work with partitions
> that weren't cylinder aligned, but every OS these days uses LBA instead
> and doesn't actually care about cylinders at all.
>
> Try fdisk -l -u. As long as the start and end work out without overlap,
> the filesystems are going to be just fine. sda4 is what contains
> sda5-sda10, so sda4 should contain all of those, meaning overlap with
> sda5-10 is expected.
>
>
Very thanks.
I have tried fdisk -l -u and I have had the next :
~$ sudo fdisk -l -u
[sudo] password for igor:
Disk /dev/sda: 500 GB, 500105249280 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders, total 976768065 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 63 8177084 4088511 12 Compaq diag
/dev/sda2 * 8177085 83762909 37784880 c FAT32 LBA
/dev/sda4 83762910 863124254 389672640 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 83762973 84453704 337365 83 Linux
Warning: Partition 5 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda6 84453768 94221224 4875727 83 Linux
Warning: Partition 6 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda7 94221288 100084949 2923830 83 Linux
Warning: Partition 7 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda8 100085013 102799934 1349460 82 Linux swap
Warning: Partition 8 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda9 102799998 103587119 385560 83 Linux
Warning: Partition 9 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda10 103587183 863124254 379760535 83 Linux
Warning: Partition 10 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda3 863124255 976768064 56813872 c FAT32 LBA
So, there are no overlaps, but there are some gaps.
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