--- util-linux-2.14.1/fdisk/fdisk.h.fix53 2009-01-25 19:42:46 +0300 +++ util-linux-2.14.1/fdisk/fdisk.h 2009-01-25 19:42:48 +0300 @@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ #define DEFAULT_SECTOR_SIZE 512 #define MAX_SECTOR_SIZE 2048 #define SECTOR_SIZE 512 /* still used in BSD code */ -#define MAXIMUM_PARTS 60 +#define MAXIMUM_PARTS 15 #define ACTIVE_FLAG 0x80 #define EXTENDED 0x05 --- util-linux-2.14.1/fdisk/fdisk.8.fix53 2009-01-25 19:42:46 +0300 +++ util-linux-2.14.1/fdisk/fdisk.8 2009-01-25 19:45:42 +0300 @@ -61,8 +61,9 @@ is a .I device name followed by a partition number. For example, .B /dev/sda1 is the first partition on the first hard disk in the system. +Disks can have up to 15 partitions. See also Linux kernel documentation (the Documentation/devices.txt file). A BSD/SUN type disklabel can describe 8 partitions, the third of which should be a `whole disk' partition.