Version information and result of fdisk -l are as follows: # uname -r 2.6.15-27-386
# disks-admin --version Gnome disks-admin 2.14.0 # /usr/share/setup-tool-backends/scripts/disks-conf --version disks 1.4.2 # fdisk -v fdisk v2.12r # fdisk -l /dev/hda Disk /dev/hda: 61.4 GB, 61492838400 bytes 16 heads, 63 sectors/track, 119150 cylinders Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 = 516096 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hda1 * 1 48442 24414736+ 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/hda2 48451 50522 1044225 82 Linux swap / Solaris Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary. /dev/hda3 50522 111467 30716280 83 Linux Partition 3 does not end on cylinder boundary. /dev/hda4 111467 119149 3871665 b W95 FAT32 Partition 4 does not end on cylinder boundary. Attached is a screenshot of how disks-admin handles the situation. Note that the first empty space reported is correct, the other two are bogus. ** Attachment added: "Screenshot of disks-admin showing incorrect partitioning info" http://librarian.launchpad.net/4923289/Screenshot.png -- partition does not end on cyl boundary -> disks-admin reports fake empty space https://launchpad.net/bugs/67529 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs