Re: new to parted

[leslie . polzer]

Dear François,

On Fri, Jan 12, 2007 at 07:29:08PM +0100, François Patte wrote:

> Why 8 ends at 15304,108 and 9 begins at 15304,140? 0,031 is missing!
Parted automatically aligns partitions based on what it thinks is best
(or, rather, necessary).  The mathematics of partition tables are
sometimes strange ones.  Be sure that it's for your own good :)

> can I add 5000 to 15304,108 to add 5GB to sda8? Or is it more
> complicated to calculate?
The 'unit' command will tell you which unit is currently in use.  You
can always suffix numbers with a unit to tell parted what you mean.

  If you have any more questions, please ask.

    Leslie

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