Dr. Scott S. Jones wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] fdisk -l /dev/sda > > Disk /dev/sda: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/sda1 * 1 34 273073 83 Linux > Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
According to this thread [1], this happens when you tell fdisk to partition a disk using "megabytes" instead of "cylinders". Sometimes the number of megabytes does not equal an integral number of cylinders. This in itself is supposedly not a problem, as long as the partition starts cleanly on a "cylinder". Ending on a "cylinders" is not. When you boot up, what is the exact error message the system is giving you? Kenneth [1]http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:gN5Qmsg2XnIJ:boudicca.tux.org/mhonarc/ma-linux/1999-mhonarc/1999-Nov/msg00164.html+Partition+does+not+end+on+cylinder+boundary&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=2 /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
