FAI disk partitioning

[Thomas Lange]

>>>>> On Tue, 5 Jun 2007 08:54:48 -0400 (EDT), RU Admin <lvs-user at camden.rutgers.edu> said:

    > Does anyone know how to fix this error without wiping out all of the 
    > partitions on the drive:
    >     ERROR: unable to preserve partition /dev/sda2. Partition is not DOS
    >     aligned. at /usr/sbin/setup_harddisks line 475, <FILE> line 7.
    > I've tried everything but it doesn't seem like anyone knows how to fix 
    > this "alignment" issue...
I always fix the alignement by defining the variable sfdisk.
For example:

*.var: sfdisk="--force -C 7752 -H 240 -S 63"
or just
*.var: sfdisk="--force"

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regards Thomas