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Re: fdisk problem



> /dev/sdb11        1024     1061     1085   200781   82  Linux swap
> /dev/sdb12        1024     1086     1115   240943+  83  Linux native
> 
> I deleted partition 11 and 12 but after creating a new partition starting
> at cylinder 1061 there is still the wrong bin value of 1024.
> 
i don't think, that this is a problem. the dos-ish partition table can
hold only numbers from 0 to 1023 (means 1..1024). thus, if something
bigger is needed, 1023 is stored, which is read as 1024 and is ignored
anyway. only the starting sector number is relevant.
the begin column in your partition dump is unimportant (only the dos
boot sector and older lilo versions care about it). the start column
is calculated from the beginning sector and is the authoritive number.

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