$ sudo fdisk -l /dev/sda
Last login: Wed Apr 23 23:39:21 CST 2008 from alex-ibm on pts/1


Disk /dev/sda: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0009472c

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1               1           6       48163+  83  Linux
/dev/sda2               7          12       48195   82  Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda3   *          13         586     4610655    b  W95 FAT32
/dev/sda4             587        9729    73441147+   5  Extended
/dev/sda5             587        3136    20482812   83  Linux
/dev/sda6            3137        3149      104391   83  Linux
/dev/sda7            3150        4630    11896101   83  Linux
/dev/sda8            4631        9729    40957686   83  Linux


# cat winxp_sda_grub.vmdk.bak
# Disk DescriptorFile
version=1
CID=aeca8d13
parentCID=ffffffff
createType="fullDevice"

# Extent description
RW 156301488 FLAT "/dev/sda"

# The disk Data Base 
#DDB

ddb.virtualHWVersion = "4"
ddb.adapterType="ide"
ddb.geometry.cylinders="16383"
ddb.geometry.heads="16"
ddb.geometry.sectors="63"
ddb.uuid.image="d9a8f255-55a2-49f9-608f-bd059b6e9268"
ddb.uuid.parent="00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000"
ddb.uuid.modification="00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000"


# cat winxp_sda_grub.vmdk    
# Disk DescriptorFile
version=1
CID=aeca8d13
parentCID=ffffffff
createType="fullDevice"

# Extent description
RW 156301488 FLAT "/dev/sda"

# The disk Data Base 
#DDB

ddb.virtualHWVersion = "4"
ddb.adapterType="ide"
ddb.geometry.cylinders="9729"
ddb.geometry.heads="255"
ddb.geometry.sectors="63"
ddb.uuid.image="d9a8f255-55a2-49f9-608f-bd059b6e9268"
ddb.uuid.parent="00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000"
ddb.uuid.modification="00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000"