# modprobe scsi_debug dev_size_mb=1024 sector_size=4096
# fdisk /dev/sdb
Command (m for help): n
Command action
e extended
p primary partition (1-4)
p
Partition number (1-4, default 1):
Using default value 1
First sector (256-262143, default 256): 257
Last sector, +sectors or +size{K,M,G} (257-262143, default 262143): +100M
Command (m for help): p
Disk /dev/sdb: 1073 MB,
1073741824 bytes
32 heads, 32 sectors/track, 256 cylinders, total 262144 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 4096 = 4096 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 262144 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x16db2bb0
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 257 25855 102396 83 Linux
Partition 1 does not start on physical sector boundary.
^^^^^^^^
The warning is nonsense. The logical and physical sector size is the
same. It means that every LBA is always aligned to physical sector
boundary.
Note that this bug does not mean that fdisk produces unaligned
partitions. The problem is that fdisk forces to use bigger gaps
between aligned LBAs, for example:
correctly aligned LBA are: 256, 257, 258, ... [N+1]
fdisk assumes: 256, 264, 272, ... [N+(sector_size/512)]
Reported-by: JOB NELSON <job_nelson@hotmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>