why would fdisk -l take so long?
$ date; fdisk -l; date
Thu Sep 27 22:48:21 UTC 2012
Disk /dev/sda: 250.1 GB, 250059350016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders, total 488397168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00052568
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 63 39086144 19543041 c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/sda2 39086145 78140159 19527007+ c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/sda3 78140160 234420479 78140160 83 Linux
/dev/sda4 234420480 488396799 126988160 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 234420543 353429999 59504728+ c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/sda6 353430063 372981104 9775521 c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/sda7 372981168 392516144 9767488+ c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/sda8 392516208 431570159 19526976 83 Linux
/dev/sda9 431570223 441353744 4891761 83 Linux
/dev/sda10 441353808 446253569 2449881 83 Linux
/dev/sda11 446253633 449819999 1783183+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda12 449822720 488396799 19287040 83 Linux
Thu Sep 27 22:48:59 UTC 2012
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