partition info

[anandtiwari@xxxxxxxxxxxx]

Hi, 

I am using linux 2.4.25, while reading the Large-disk Howto, i learned that 
linux just uses the starting sector and no of sectors (from the partition 
table struct) to define partition. I made a little program which zeros the
starting C,H,S and ending C,H,S. my system boots and mounts perfectly, but 
fdisk gives me error
partition 1 doesnt end at cylinder boundary.  why is that ? 

and also while creating partition table manually (ie by writing to first 
sector); do i have to take care of cylinder boundaries. 

The Large Disk howto just says that linux doesnt have alignment requirements 
, but i read at many places  that it partition should start and end at 
cylinder boundaries. 

thanks
anand

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