cfdisk is a linux partition table editor. It is similar to fdisk, but with a different user interface (curses).
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cfdisk quits with a fatal error in regards to the partition table
fresh install. 'cfdisk /dev/sda' gives the following output:
"FATAL ERROR: Bad primary partition 2: Partition ends in the final partial cylinder"
what could be the reason for this to happen and what ...
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Linux partitioning problem
I am using cfdisk to repartition my hdd as from OS install I only got 1 big partition a swap.
I wanted to resize the big partition to 1 GB /boot and use the rest of the space for an extended ...
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Reread partition table without rebooting?
Sometimes, when resizing or otherwise mucking about with partitions on a disk, cfdisk will say:
Wrote partition table, but re-read table failed. Reboot to update table.
(This also happens with ...
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What is the partition id / filesystem type for UDF?
This is probably trivial to check using cfdisk on a UDF-formatted CD/DVD/Blu-Ray, but I have neither of them at hand.
I have created an UDF formatted partition on a USB hard drive to share data ...
