bt ~ # fdisk /dev/hda The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 77520. 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: 40.0 GB, 40007761920 bytes 16 heads, 63 sectors/track, 77520 cylinders Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 = 516096 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hda1 * 1 98 49360+ 83 Linux /dev/hda2 99 1091 500472 82 Linux swap /dev/hda3 1092 77520 38520216 83 Linux Command (m for help):