FDISK output question -- OT

[Malcolm Kay]

On Tue, 27 Feb 2007 08:09 am, DAK GHATIKACHALAM wrote:
> Hi Freebsd
>
> Question about FDISK
>
> Do you have an idea what does that  '+' means in  Blocks
> columns
>
> as seen below it is 419425019+
>
> Does it signify anything  , because for certain disks I do not
> see that '+' as the end of blocks?
>
I believe you are posting to the wrong list. This list is about 
FreeBSD which is a form of BSD unix -- not Linux.

The extraneous '+' is a characteristic of the Linux version of 
fdisk. I believe it indicates that the indicated 52216 units do 
not exactly correspond to the 419425019 blocks (but I'm not a 
Linux expert). I believe there is also an option to show more 
detail.

Switch to expert mode with 'x' before the 'p' enquiry.

Malcolm

> Thanks
> Dak
>
> [root at kali root]# fdisk /dev/sdk
>
> The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 52216.
> There is nothing wrong with that, but this is larger than
> 1024, and could in certain setups cause problems with:
> 1) software that runs at boot time (e.g., old versions of
> LILO) 2) booting and partitioning software from other OSs
>    (e.g., DOS FDISK, OS/2 FDISK)
>
> Command (m for help): p
>
> Disk /dev/sdk: 429.4 GB, 429496729600 bytes
> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 52216 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
>
>    Device Boot    Start       End    Blocks   Id  System
> /dev/sdk1             1     52216 419425019+  83  Linux
>
> Command (m for help):