[root@stinky etc]# fdisk /dev/hda The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 2495. There is nothing wrong with that, but this is larger than 1024, and could in certain setups cause problems with: 1) software that runs at boot time (e.g., old versions of LILO) 2) booting and partitioning software from other OSs (e.g., DOS FDISK, OS/2 FDISK) Command (m for help): p Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 2495 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hda1 * 1 6 48163+ 83 Linux /dev/hda2 7 261 2048287+ 83 Linux /dev/hda3 262 359 787185 82 Linux swap /dev/hda4 360 2495 17157420 5 Extended /dev/hda5 360 423 514048+ 83 Linux /dev/hda6 424 487 514048+ 83 Linux /dev/hda7 488 551 514048+ 83 Linux /dev/hda8 552 2495 15615148+ 83 Linux Command (m for help): q