test:~# strace fdisk /dev/sda > /tmp/lesen
execve("/sbin/fdisk", ["fdisk", "/dev/sda"], [/* 16 vars */]) = 0
uname({sys="Linux", node="test", ...}) = 0
brk(0)                                  = 0x805e000
old_mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7fe9000
access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK)      = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/etc/ld.so.preload", O_RDONLY)    = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY)      = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=10278, ...}) = 0
old_mmap(NULL, 10278, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0xb7fe6000
close(3)                                = 0
access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK)      = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/lib/tls/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY)    = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0`Z\1\000"..., 512) = 512
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=1254468, ...}) = 0
old_mmap(NULL, 1264780, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0xb7eb1000
old_mmap(0xb7fdb000, 36864, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 3, 0x129000) = 0xb7fdb000
old_mmap(0xb7fe4000, 7308, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7fe4000
close(3)                                = 0
old_mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7eb0000
set_thread_area({entry_number:-1 -> 6, base_addr:0xb7eb0460, limit:1048575, seg_32bit:1, contents:0, read_exec_only:0, limit_in_pages:1, seg_not_present:0, useable:1}) = 0
munmap(0xb7fe6000, 10278)               = 0
open("/usr/lib/locale/locale-archive", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=321152, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 321152, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0xb7e61000
close(3)                                = 0
brk(0)                                  = 0x805e000
brk(0x807f000)                          = 0x807f000
brk(0)                                  = 0x807f000
open("/dev/sda", O_RDWR|O_LARGEFILE)    = 3
read(3, "\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 512) = 512
uname({sys="Linux", node="srv-vmware1", ...}) = 0
ioctl(3, BLKSSZGET, 0xbffffc78)         = 0
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFBLK|0660, st_rdev=makedev(8, 0), ...}) = 0
ioctl(3, 0x301, 0xbffffc70)             = 0
ioctl(3, BLKGETSIZE64, 0xbffffc08)      = -1 EINVAL (Invalid argument)
ioctl(3, BLKGETSIZE, 0xbffffc04)        = -1 EFBIG (File too large)
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFBLK|0660, st_rdev=makedev(8, 0), ...}) = 0
_llseek(3, 0, [0], SEEK_SET)            = 0
read(3, "\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 8192) = 8192
open("/usr/share/locale/locale.alias", O_RDONLY) = 4
fstat64(4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=2539, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7e60000
read(4, "# Locale name alias data base.\n#"..., 4096) = 2539
read(4, "", 4096)                       = 0
close(4)                                = 0
munmap(0xb7e60000, 4096)                = 0
open("/usr/share/locale/de_DE/LC_MESSAGES/util-linux.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/util-linux.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/util-linux.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/share/locale/en/LC_MESSAGES/util-linux.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
write(2, "You must set", 12You must set)            = 12
write(2, " cylinders.\nYou can do this from"..., 59 cylinders.
You can do this from the extra functions menu.
) = 59
fstat64(1, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=0, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7e60000
write(1, "\nCommand (m for help): ", 23) = 23
fstat64(0, {st_mode=S_IFCHR|0600, st_rdev=makedev(136, 0), ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7e5f000