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cfdisk only changes the partition table, this table like a small paper that you store at the front (or back) of drive where you put information, it's just a list of coordinates like from this point to this point is your home, from this to this is your yard, from this to this is your neighbor. Just because you changed the values on your paper doesn't actually make your neighbor closer or further.
System read this list to figure out where are the "borders" between different sections that you defined to load and use them logically for multiple file systems.