Partition does not end on cylinder boundary

[David]

On 5 June 2011 10:19, Aaron Konstam <akonstam at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> On Sat, 2011-06-04 at 12:50 +0100, Timothy Murphy wrote:
>> Does this matter?
>> If so, what can you do about it?
>> I get it after partitioning with fdisk,
>> choosing partitions of size 50GB, etc.

> It would be better if partition ends on a cylinder boundary but the
> system will still work.

I am curious about *how* specifically that "it would be better".
In what situation is a end "cylinder boundary" important or relevant?