$ LANG=C sudo fdisk /dev/sdc The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 7413. 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: 60.0 GB, 60011642880 bytes 255 heads, 62 sectors/track, 7413 cylinders Units = cylinders of 15810 * 512 = 8094720 bytes Disk identifier: 0x20202020 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdc1 1 15 112423+ 0 Empty Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary. /dev/sdc2 15 7414 58492664+ b W95 FAT32