[EMAIL PROTECTED] thomp]# /sbin/fdisk /dev/sda The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 5168. 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/sda: 40.0 GB, 40007761920 bytes 240 heads, 63 sectors/track, 5168 cylinders Units = cylinders of 15120 * 512 = 7741440 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 * 1 5168 39070048+ c W95 FAT32 (LBA) Command (m for help): quit [EMAIL PROTECTED] thomp]# parted /dev/sda GNU Parted 1.6.15 Copyright (C) 1998 - 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This program is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. Using /dev/sda (parted) p You found a bug in GNU Parted. Please email a bug report to [email protected] containing the version (1.6.15), and the following message: Assertion (heads < 256) at disk_dos.c:486 in function probe_partition_for_geom() failed. Ignore/Cancel? C
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