On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 09:36:07PM +0100, Pavel Cahyna wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I have two questions:
> 
> 1. Will it work under 1.6_STABLE?

There is no reason why it shouldn't...

> 2. will it be smart enough to start the first partition at offset 63
> sectors (I believe) which is a standard in the i386 world for some
> reason?

If you type locations/sizes as cylinders or megabytes it will
align everything on the expected boundary.
Put in sector numbers and you get what you deserve :-)
 
> I would like to try it, as I find the current fdisk quite horrid.

Do try it, put yourself into group 'operator' and run as an
unpriviledged user - then you won't accidentally do anything nasty.
(use the -r and -w options).

	David

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