[Solved]Partition ends in the final partial cylinder

I am trying to install Arch linux on Virutualbox.
I use GParted LiveCD to resize my partition, when I run cfdisk I receive the following error:
FATAL ERROR: Bad primary partition 1: Partition ends in the final partial cylinder
The output of the fdisk -lu is:
root@debian:/mnt# fdisk -lu
Disk /dev/sda: 10.7 GB, 10737418240 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1305 cylinders, total 20971520 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0e770e76
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 63 18876415 9438176+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 18876416 20971519 1047552 83 Linux
The messages of GParted GUI
Partition Filesystem Size Used Unused Flags
/dev/sda1 ntfs 9.00 GiB 5.25 GiB 3.76 GiB boot
/dev/sda2 ext4 1023.00MiB 33.36 MiB 989.64 MiB
Any help?Thx.
Last edited by nopriler (2011-04-19 05:20:29)

i can't find the fist one as well.
maybe i am mixed with another software.
the "align to -> cylinder" is in patition -> new
at the bottom of the left raw.
ezik

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Bad primary partition 3: Partition ends in the final partial cylinder.

Hello!
I am trying to install Arch linux and when i choose to manually create partition I receive the following error:
FATAL ERROR: Bad primary partition 3: Partition ends in the final partial cylinder.
Press any key to exit cfdisk
The output of the fdisk -l is:
Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xac4fac4f
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 1 992+ 42 SFS
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda2 * 1 13 102400 42 SFS
Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda3 13 7092 56858624 42 SFS
/dev/sda4 7092 19458 99327832 42 SFS
Disk /dev/sdb: 2021 MB, 2021654016 bytes
64 heads, 32 sectors/track, 1927 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 2048 * 512 = 1048576 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x74eaf53e
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 1 659 674816 17 Hidden HPFS/NTFS
Disk /dev/sdb1: 691 MB, 691011584 bytes
64 heads, 32 sectors/track, 659 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 2048 * 512 = 1048576 bytes
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I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x74eaf53e
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/dev/sdb1p1 * 1 659 674816 17 Hidden HPFS/NTFS
I found an old topic(http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=33916) on this problem but the solution was
try cfdisk -z /dev/device. However, this will wipe all your partitions.
I would like to keep my partitions as they are. Somebody suggested using testdisk for Windows to repair the bad partitions but I'm not sure of how to use it. Can anybody help me please? Thank you!

Are you still frustrated because of cfdisk which gives you something like this:
FATAL ERROR: Bad primary partition 3: Partition ends in the final partial cylinder
Press any key to exit cfdisk
Here, I'm trying to install archlinux on a pendrive and I get almost the same error when trying to manually format the disk. The only difference is that it mention partition 0 instead of partition 3... I guess there is a bug in the livecd?
I'm having this problem with archlinux-2010.05-core-i686.iso.
Last edited by manouchk (2011-04-02 19:06:00)

Cfdisk error: Partition ends in the final partial cylinder

I was rearraging some partitions last night. I have two hard drives, both 1TB. They are (now) laid out as follows:
Drive 1:
- 40GB partition for Windows system
- 40GB partition for Arch system
- 920GB partition for backed up documents
Drive 2:
- 80GB utility partition
- 920GB partition for documents
I used fdisk to create the last partition on the first drive (the first two partitions were already in place). I pretty much just told it to create a 'n'ew, 'p'rimary partition and then accepted the default options in order to get a partition that filled the remainder of the drive. None of the partitions were in place on the second drive, and I tried using fdisk, but when I tried to create the first partition, it wouldn't allow me to start it at the beginning of the drive (it insisted on making the first partition start at sector 2048 rather than sector 63). I figured I'd try out cfdisk to see if it would allow me to start the partition on sector 63, and it did. Got those partitions created just fine using cfdisk.
However, I went back to check my work after I had created all the partitions and hit a source of confusion. cfdisk spouts out an error whenever I try to view the first drive. It says partition number 2 is bad and that the "Partition ends in the final partial cylinder". (Not sure if partition number 2 refers to the second or third partition. (Is the index zero-based?)) cfdisk has no trouble viewing my second drive, and fdisk has no problem viewing either of them. I'm a bit of a newbie with regards this sort of thing, so any idea why cfdisk has issues with my first drive?
The drives' layouts, as reported by fdisk:
Disk /dev/sda: 1000.2 GB, 1000203804160 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders, total 1953523055 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xea8fea8f
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 63 78124094 39062016 7 HPFS/NTFS
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/dev/sda3 156248190 1953523054 898637432+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
Disk /dev/sdb: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders, total 1953525168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xead3ead3
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 63 156248189 78124063+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sdb2 156248190 1953520064 898635937+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
Last edited by nonoitall (2010-07-07 21:25:42)

plasticeraser wrote:I would like to replace Ubuntu with Arch, unfortunately when I tried earlier I received, a cfdisk error that said "cfdisk error: Partition ends in the final partial cylinder". So I can't just delete the Ubuntu Partitions.
So you /do/ want to remove Ubuntu completely.
plasticeraser wrote:Since I'm at college I really don't want to format anything and possibly losing anything.
Maybe I'm not following, but it looks like you want to format (delete) your Ubuntu partitions, but then again you don't want to format anything. You can't just install Arch on top of your Ubuntu partitions and think it will just overwrite Ubuntu by putting Arch in the existing partitions. That'll just create a huge mess.
If your existing /home is on a separate partition, you can just use fdisk (instead of cfdisk) to delete Ubuntu's / partition so that Arch can use that instead. You should just use an installation medium to do the install process, it really is just a matter or removing your existing distro's / and telling Arch to install to that partition while still preserving your Windows 7 partition(s) and existing /home.

Bad primary partition 1: Partion ends in the final partial cylinder

i just got a new laptop, dell inspiron 6400.
it's partition table is set up this way:
1) a 55 meg partition which is supposedly the dell boot utility
2) a 10 gig recovery partition that contains the completely original HD
3) a 81 gig partition which has Vista on it
4) a 2 gig partition for MediaDirect
i used dd to backup the 10 gig partition, and was about to install arch. cfdisk crapped out with the error message:
"FATAL ERROR: Bad primary partition 3: Partition ends in the final partial cylinder"
ok...i'm stuck. gparted is able to go in and see all the partitions as fine, and it can delete partition 2, but if i try to format a new volume, it craps out.
now here's the kicker. if i go into vista and into computer management, i can go there, format the 10gig to ntfs and it works fine.
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[SOLVED] Partition ends after end-of-disk

When setting up my netbook for a new Arch Linux install, I decided to move my Windows partition from the middle of the hard drive to the end of it to make more room for my extended partition. I tried to do this with GParted using a Ubuntu live USB. Something seems to have gone wrong somewhere.
$ cfdisk /dev/sda
FATAL ERROR: Bad logical partition 5: Partition ends after end-of-disk
Press any key to exit cfdisk
GParted also throws up errors with that disk.
$ fdisk -l /dev/sda
Warning:ignoring extra data in partition table 5
Warning:ignoring extra data in partition table 5
Warning:ignoring extra data in partition table 5
Warning:ignoring extra data in partition table 5 will be corrected by w(rite)
Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
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I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
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/dev/sda1 * 63 192779 96358+ 83 Linux
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/dev/sda3 192780 246673415 123240318 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 ? 2768785300 4042664182 636939441+ 69 Unknown
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The partition isn't mission critical (there's no data I need on it), but it would save me a lot of time if I can save the partition instead of having to recreate a Windows install. Any ideas as to what I can do?
Last edited by gogi-goji (2012-05-25 01:02:09)

You're totally right. I thought that the partitions physically existed on the disk in the order that they were labeled numerically, but this isn't the case. I realized that they were actually sitting in a different order after seeing your comment and trying
$ parted -l
Error: Invalid partition table on /dev/sda -- wrong signature 3f93.
Ignore/Cancel? i
Model: ATA SAMSUNG HM160HI (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 160GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos
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1 32.3kB 98.7MB 98.7MB primary boot
3 98.7MB 126GB 126GB extended
2 145GB 160GB 14.8GB primary ntfs boot
Of course, after I saw this, I took a closer look at the numbers in the fdisk -l output, and realized how funky things were.
You were right, everything was solved by deleting /dev/sda3. Thank you so much for your help, TryA!
If it helps anybody in the future with this problem, I did this with fdisk.
# fdisk /dev/sda
Command: d
Partition number (1-4): 3
Command: w
It took me an embarrassingly long time to figure out that I needed to write the change after selecting which partition to delete. =P

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