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Re: Problems with my HD



On Mon, 1 Mar 1999 wtopa@ix.netcom.com wrote:
<snip>
> > My HD is a Western Digital 6.4gb drive...
> > 
> > /dev/hda: 784 cyls, 255 heads,  63 sectors
> > units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes
> > 
> > device    Boot    Begin    start    End    Blocks    ID    System
> > /dev/hda1 *        1            1        17       131323+  6  Dos16-bit>=32M
> > Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary:        ^^^^  
> > phys = (16,89,63) should be  (16,254,63)              ^^^^
> > 
> 
> It is telling you thet you ended the partition at 23 and fdisk wants
> you to end it at 16 or 89 or 63.
> 
> 
> It takes some time but you can enter them such that you don't get
> those pesky '+'.

Alternatively, try cfdisk. It makes the whole procedure much easier

Matthew

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