The plus symbol in fdisk -l

[Rick Stevens]

On Sun, 2007-12-02 at 06:20 -0800, gerrynix wrote:
> What does the + symbol, at the end of the "Blocks" count, signify in
> the output of fdisk -l ?

It means that the partition does not end on a cylinder boundary.  By
that, I mean that, after conversion to a CHS layout (cylinder, head,
sector), the partition doesn't end on head 254, sector 63 and a cylinder
boundary.

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