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[kuhlmav@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Volker Kuhlmann)]

> I think fdisk does not deal gracefully with over 1024 cylinders.

Obviously fdisk is having a problem, but it's not because of 1024
cylinders. I have this 8G disk:

Disk /dev/hda: 16 heads, 63 sectors, 16708 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 bytes

   Device Boot    Start       End    Blocks   Id  System
/dev/hda1             1      1000    503968+  83  Linux
/dev/hda2          1001      1400    201600   83  Linux
/dev/hda3          1401     16600   7660800    5  Extended
/dev/hda4         16601     16708     54432   82  Linux swap
/dev/hda5          1401     14600   6652768+  83  Linux
/dev/hda6         14601     16600   1007968+  83  Linux

Your problem must be caused by something else. Often the 1024 cylinders
are a problem for booting. There are easy ways around it.

Volker


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