Bug 630340

Description of problem:
After installing F14-Alpha with the default full-disk partitioning, cfdisk reports:

FATAL ERROR: Bad primary partition 1: Partition ends in the final partial cylinder

fdisk reports the partitioning without complaint.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
util-linux-ng-2.18-4.fc14.x86_64
F14-Alpha net installer CD

How reproducible:
I believe this is an "always".

Steps to Reproduce:
Although I have seen the cfdisk error on disks, this method uses a VM image file.
1. Create an 8G VM disk image file:
$ qemu-img create f14-alpha.img 8G
2. Install F14-Alpha to it after choosing the full-disk partition option.
3. After installation reboot the VM and run:
# cfdisk -P s /dev/sda
  
Actual results:
[root@fir log]# cfdisk -P s /dev/sda
FATAL ERROR: Bad primary partition 1: Partition ends in the final partial cylinder

Expected results:
cfdisk displays the partitions.

Additional info:

[root@fir tmp]# fdisk -lu /dev/sda

Disk /dev/sda: 8589 MB, 8589934592 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1044 cylinders, total 16777216 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: 0x0003a31f

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *        2048     1026047      512000   83  Linux
/dev/sda2         1026048    16777215     7875584   8e  Linux LVM
[root@fir tmp]# 

The VM image file is exactly 8589934592 bytes.

When I attempted to use cfdisk on a disk that it could not read, the only option to get cfdisk working was to repartition using "cfdisk -z /dev/sdX" and let cfdisk figure where the last sector should be. Unfortunately, this wastes sectors at the end of the disk. The installer partitioning uses those last sectors.