viper ~ # fdisk /dev/hda The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 14593. 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): pp Disk /dev/hda: 120.0 GB, 120034123776 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 14593 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hda1 * 1 13 104422 fd Linux raid autodetect /dev/hda2 14 136 987997+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/hda3 137 2569 19543072+ fd Linux raid autodetect /dev/hda4 2570 14593 96582780 fd Linux raid autodetect