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@@ -186,8 +186,13 @@ new disks, GPT fdisk attempts to align partitions on 1 MiB boundaries performance for all of these disk types. On pre\-partitioned disks, GPT fdisk attempts to identify the alignment value used on that disk, but will set 8-sector alignment on disks larger than 300 GB even if lesser alignment -values are detected. In either case, it can be changed by using this -option. +values are detected. In either case, it can be changed by using this option. +The alignment value also affects the default end sector value when creating +a new partition; it will be aligned to one less than a multiple of the +alignment value, when possible. This should keep partitions a multiple of +the alignment value in size. Some disk encryption tools require partitions +to be sized to some value, typically 4096 bytes, so the default alignment of +1 MiB works well for them. .TP .B Backup |