Fdisk ignores arguments?

Question

Hello!
I have ben using Arch for a while now, and everything works great, except of 1 little thing. I can't get fdisk working...
Look at this:
root@MobileCommand: /home/emil #> fdisk -l
Usage:
fdisk [options] <disk> change partition table
fdisk [options] -l <disk> list partition table(s)
fdisk -s <partition> give partition size(s) in blocks
Options:
-b <size> sector size (512, 1024, 2048 or 4096)
-c[=<mode>] compatible mode: 'dos' or 'nondos' (default)
-h print this help text
-u[=<unit>] display units: 'cylinders' or 'sectors' (default)
-v print program version
-C <number> specify the number of cylinders
-H <number> specify the number of heads
-S <number> specify the number of sectors per track
root@MobileCommand: /home/emil #> fdisk /dev/sdc
Usage:
fdisk [options] <disk> change partition table
root@MobileCommand: /home/emil #> parted -l /dev/sdc
Model: ATA Hitachi HTS54501 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 160GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos
Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
1 1049kB 128MB 127MB primary ext4 boot
2 128MB 31.5GB 31.3GB primary ext4
3 31.5GB 158GB 126GB primary xfs
4 158GB 160GB 2147MB primary linux-swap(v1)
Model: Generic Flash Disk (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdc: 2082MB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos
Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
1 512B 8001kB 8000kB primary
2 8389kB 2000MB 1991MB primary
I have tried to reinstall util-linux, but the package seems fine. Or do I do something wrong?

Answer 1

Aha! So easy, yet so hard. Would never have figured that out...
I'm using the same bashrc as I'm using on my server with Ubuntu 10.04, which has "fdisk -uc" as standard due to an older version of fdisk, which "needs":
-c switch off DOS-compatible mode
-u <size> give sizes in sectors instead of cylinders
Thanks!
Last edited by emil.s (2011-05-22 20:33:05)