he number of cylinders for this disk is set to 19073. 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/sdc: 20.0 GB, 20000267776 bytes 64 heads, 32 sectors/track, 19073 cylinders Units = cylinders of 2048 * 512 = 1048576 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdc2 1 19073 19530736 b W95 FAT32 Command (m for help): ####but when i do this############## /home/tradotto/Desktop# ./ipodpatcher ipodpatcher v1.0 with v1.1 bootloaders - (C) Dave Chapman 2006-2007 This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. [INFO] Scanning disk devices... [ERR] No ipods found, aborting [ERR] Please connect your ipod and ensure it is in disk mode [ERR] Please refer to the Rockbox manual if you continue to have problems. Press ENTER to exit ipodpatcher : root@dhcppc1:/home/tradotto/Desktop# ./ipodpatcher /dev/sdc ipodpatcher v1.0 with v1.1 bootloaders - (C) Dave Chapman 2006-2007 This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. [INFO] Reading partition table from /dev/sdc [INFO] Sector size is 512 bytes [ERR] Partition layout is not an ipod