Re: 2.5.51: new warning from lilo

Pavel Machek (pavel@ucw.cz)
Fri, 13 Dec 2002 14:46:48 +0100


Hi!

> > Lilo now presents me with new warning:
> >
> > Warning: Kernel & BIOS return differing head/sector geometries for
> > device 0x80
> > Kernel: 8944 cylidners, 15 heads, 63 sectors
> > BIOS: 525 cylinders, 255 heads, 63 sectors
> >
> > lilo did not warn under 2.5.50. Now... Will it boot?
>
> Someone took various bits of geometry mapping out of the kernel. It will
> now give different values. As to whether lilo will still boot I don't
> know. I'd be suprised if it was a problem.

It still boots.
Pavel

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