Problem solved for fdisk (?)

I have apparently solved the problem with my large disk, though not in an entirely satisfactory way. I noticed that fdisk will not allow a partition to begin AFTER cylinder 1024, be it a logical or a primary partition. I therefore had my last partition start before cyl 1024 and all error messages h

Debian installation

Sorry for the second post of the day, but I am really desperate. I have just obtained a new hard disk, a Western Digital AC21200 2484cyl, 16heads, 63 spt, and I re-installed Debian passing the hd geometry at boot time. I keep having the same problem, eg fdisk will report warnings about the disk bei

Installing Debian on an IBM

Hi, I am having serious problem in having Debian recognize my hard disk properly. When launching fdisk I obtain the message The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 2484. This is larger than 1024, and may cause problems... [as a matter of fact, installation of LILO on the MBR fails] The