GNU bug report logs - #24915
alignment not working

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Package: parted;

Reported by: "Sobel-Sorenson, Chandler - (scar)" <scar <at> email.arizona.edu>

Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2016 00:07:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Phil Susi <psusi <at> ubuntu.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Phil Susi <psusi <at> ubuntu.com>
To: "Sobel-Sorenson, Chandler - (scar)" <scar <at> email.arizona.edu>,
 24915-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#24915: alignment not working
Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2017 09:25:26 -0400

On 11/9/2016 7:02 PM, Sobel-Sorenson, Chandler - (scar) wrote:
> I'm trying to make a new partition but the alignment isn't working.  I've started parted with: parted -a optimal /dev/sda.  Then:
> 
>  (parted) mkpart                                                           
> Partition name?  []? variables                                            
> File system type?  [ext2]? ext4                                           
> Start? 0                                                                  
> End? 4g                                                                   
> Warning: The resulting partition is not properly aligned for best performance.
> Ignore/Cancel? 
> 
> Am i doing something wrong here?

Yes: you specified a start position of 0 (mb), which means try to start
as close to zero as possible. Zero itself is not available, so sector 1
is used, and this is not aligned. Specify a start of 1 instead.
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