Debian bug report logs - #1243
fdisk not on root partition

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From: imurdock@debian.org (Ian Murdock)
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Subject: Bug#1243:

This bug was fixed in a recent upload of the package.  Please
check ftp.debian.org:/pub/debian for the new (fixed) version.

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To: Lars Wirzenius <wirzeniu@cc.helsinki.fi>, debian-bugs@Pixar.com
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Subject: Re: Bug#1243: fdisk not on root partition 
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Date: Sun, 13 Aug 1995 10:51:28 -0700
From: Bruce Perens <bruce@Pixar.com>

Fdisk is in the miscutils package. I've already repaired this problem, and I
think I got the new package uploaded before our primary FTP site went down.
I'll check as soon as the FTP machine comes back up.

	Bruce

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Package: unknown
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I don't have access to Debian packages at the moment, but I assume this 
is in one of the base packages.

fdisk is installed in /usr/sbin/fdisk.  It should be in /sbin/fdisk, so 
that it can be used in single user mode, or disaster recovery, when only 
the root partition can be mounted.  It would be possible to boot via 
floppies, of course, but that might be inconvenient.