[newbie] disk problem

[Igor Andreevich Rubinsky]

i've got a disk problem, i have a syscommander delux, then 2000 meg FAT - partition 0, + 8000 meg FAT - partition 1, + 10000 meg FAT - free.   when i try to install linux from the only hard drive my syscommander resizes the first 2000 meg FAT to 1500 meg FAT + 470 meg UNIX + 70 meg free. i don't know why :O(   i heard that the linux kernel must be within first 1024 cylls? hrenovo eto vse :O(