[FONT=Menlo]root@dm500hd:~# fdisk /dev/sda[/FONT]
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[FONT=Menlo]The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 38913.[/FONT]
[FONT=Menlo]There is nothing wrong with that, but this is larger than 1024,[/FONT]
[FONT=Menlo]and could in certain setups cause problems with:[/FONT]
[FONT=Menlo]1) software that runs at boot time (e.g., old versions of LILO)[/FONT]
[FONT=Menlo]2) booting and partitioning software from other OSs[/FONT]
[FONT=Menlo] (e.g., DOS FDISK, OS/2 FDISK)[/FONT]
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[FONT=Menlo]Command (m for help): p[/FONT]
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[FONT=Menlo]Disk /dev/sda: 320.0 GB, 320072933376 bytes[/FONT]
[FONT=Menlo]255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders[/FONT]
[FONT=Menlo]Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes[/FONT]
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[FONT=Menlo] Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System[/FONT]
[FONT=Menlo]/dev/sda1 1 38913 312568668+ 83 Linux[/FONT]