On Sun, 2010-03-07 at 15:55 +0100, pp wrote: > New feature by Karel Zak in util-linux-ng v2.17.1 : > fdisk: > - supports new command line option "-c" to disable DOS-compatible mode from > command line. > > The DOS-compatible mode is DEPRECATED and will be disabled by default > in the next major release. Currently, the DOS mode is enabled by default > for backward compatibility only. > > The cylinders as display units are DEPRECATED. It's recommended to use > "-u" command line option or "u" fdisk command and use sectors as display > units. > > Note that the new support for 4K-sector disks is useless in DOS-compatible > mode. The fdisk command prints warning(s) when startup in DOS mode. > > more : http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.file-systems/38367 > more : http://lwn.net/Articles/322777/ > Lamont and I are already on it ;) we have a stable/v2.17 packaging branch - just need to do the update.
Scott -- Scott James Remnant sc...@ubuntu.com
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