Bug#443962: Using partconfig without partman

> The bug probably really lies in parted, and is probably related to
> #418704.  Could you please give use the full output (complete this,
> with sectors and size) of both "fdisk -l /dev/hda" and "parted /dev/hda
> print".

Hi there, thanks for the hints!

The problem is that parted thinks that my partitions overlap.

Can I use fdisk to de-overlap my partitions (the end-cylinder and the begin-cylinder of the next partition are identical!)?

The bug 418704 you mention above indeed sounds related, but wasn't resolved.

Here comes the output of parted:

Error: Can't have overlapping partitions. Information: Don't forget to update /etc/fstab, if necessary.

And here goes fdisk:

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Disk /dev/hda: 40.0 GB, 40007761920 bytes 16 heads, 63 sectors/track, 77520 cylinders Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 = 516096 bytes Disk identifier: 0x4bce4bcd

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System

/dev/hda1   *        1025       11984     5523840    c  W95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/hda2            7635       15922     4176900   83  Linux

Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary.

/dev/hda3           15922       23891     4016250   83  Linux

Partition 3 does not end on cylinder boundary.

/dev/hda4           23892       77520    27029016    5  Extended
/dev/hda5           23892       31829     4000720+  83  Linux
/dev/hda6           31830       33814     1000408+  82  Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/hda7           33815       77520    22027792+  83  Linux

Andreas

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