The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 7476. 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/hda: 61.4 GB, 61492838400 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 7476 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hda1 * 1 915 7349706 83 Linux /dev/hda2 916 1414 4008217+ 83 Linux /dev/hda3 1415 7476 48693015 5 Extended /dev/hda5 1415 1477 506016 82 Linux swap /dev/hda6 1478 7476 48186936 83 Linux
Command (m for help): d Partition number (1-6): 6
Command (m for help): n Command action l logical (5 or over) p primary partition (1-4) l First cylinder (1478-7476, default 147: 1478 Last cylinder or +size or +sizeM or +sizeK (1478-7476, default 7476): 6960
Command (m for help): p
Disk /dev/hda: 61.4 GB, 61492838400 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 7476 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hda1 * 1 915 7349706 83 Linux /dev/hda2 916 1414 4008217+ 83 Linux /dev/hda3 1415 7476 48693015 5 Extended /dev/hda5 1415 1477 506016 82 Linux swap /dev/hda6 1478 6960 44042166 83 Linux
Command (m for help): w The partition table has been altered!
Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table.
WARNING: Re-reading the partition table failed with error 16: Device or resource busy. The kernel still uses the old table. The new table will be used at the next reboot. Syncing disks.
The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 7476. 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/hda: 61.4 GB, 61492838400 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 7476 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hda1 * 1 915 7349706 83 Linux /dev/hda2 916 1414 4008217+ 83 Linux /dev/hda3 1415 7476 48693015 5 Extended /dev/hda5 1415 1477 506016 82 Linux swap /dev/hda6 1478 6960 44042166 83 Linux
Command (m for help): n Command action l logical (5 or over) p primary partition (1-4) l First cylinder (6961-7476, default 6961): Using default value 6961 Last cylinder or +size or +sizeM or +sizeK (6961-7476, default 7476): Using default value 7476
Command (m for help): t Partition number (1-7): 7 Hex code (type L to list codes): a5 Changed system type of partition 7 to a5 (FreeBSD)
Command (m for help): p
Disk /dev/hda: 61.4 GB, 61492838400 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 7476 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hda1 * 1 915 7349706 83 Linux /dev/hda2 916 1414 4008217+ 83 Linux /dev/hda3 1415 7476 48693015 5 Extended /dev/hda5 1415 1477 506016 82 Linux swap /dev/hda6 1478 6960 44042166 83 Linux /dev/hda7 6961 7476 4144738+ a5 FreeBSD
Command (m for help): w The partition table has been altered!
Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table.
WARNING: Re-reading the partition table failed with error 16: Device or resource busy. The kernel still uses the old table. The new table will be used at the next reboot. Syncing disks.