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#1 2004-02-28 05:18:08

curtdodds
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From: Stanton, CA
Registered: 2004-02-28
Posts: 2

lilo warning: Kernel & BIOS return differing head/sector

After upgrading to kernel 2.6.3 from 2.4.25 I now get the warnings below from lilo.
It must be related to the kernel, as I did not see such warnings before.
I also run several other versions of linux on various partitions across two drives.
None of those distributions show such warnings, and none of those are running
kernel 2.6.
Arch boots up fine, no problems.
Lilo version:22.5.8-1

Any cause for concern here?
Maybe lilo has not caught up with the newer kernel?
Curt
//-----------------------------------------------------------
=>lilo -v
LILO version 22.5.8, Copyright (C) 1992-1998 Werner Almesberger
Development beyond version 21 Copyright (C) 1999-2003 John Coffman
Released 10-Oct-2003 and compiled at 15:06:30 on Oct 10 2003.

Reading boot sector from /dev/discs/disc0/part11
Warning: Kernel & BIOS return differing head/sector geometries for device 0x80
    Kernel: 65535 cylinders, 16 heads, 63 sectors
      BIOS: 1024 cylinders, 255 heads, 63 sectors
Warning: Kernel & BIOS return differing head/sector geometries for device 0x81
    Kernel: 65535 cylinders, 16 heads, 63 sectors
      BIOS: 1024 cylinders, 255 heads, 63 sectors
Using MENU secondary loader
Calling map_insert_data

Boot image: /boot/vmlinuz
Added arch

Boot image: /boot/vmlinuz26
Added arch26 *

Writing boot sector.
/boot/boot.030B exists - no boot sector backup copy made.
//------------------------------------------------------------------
my lilo.conf file:
#
# /etc/lilo.conf
#

boot=/dev/discs/disc0/part11
# This line often fixes L40 errors on bootup disk=/dev/discs/disc0/disc bios=0x80
vga=791
default=arch26
timeout=50
lba32
prompt

image=/boot/vmlinuz
        label=arch
        root=/dev/discs/disc0/part11
        read-only
    append="hdc=ide-scsi pci=noacpi"

image=/boot/vmlinuz26
        label=arch26
        root=/dev/discs/disc0/part11
        read-only
    append="pci=noacpi"

# End of file

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#2 2004-02-28 09:42:16

sarah31
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From: Middle of Canada
Registered: 2002-08-20
Posts: 2,975
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Re: lilo warning: Kernel & BIOS return differing head/sector

it could be something that is enabled in you kernel that your system does not like. or perhaps it is a lilo setting?

did you get these errors when running lilo? did you reboot afterwards?

some very odd errors in there. perhaps you may want to check out one of the large genral forum like justlinux.com or linuxquestion.org to  see if similar such errors were reported recently or in the not so distant pass.

it alsmost seems like lilo is expecting the same information from two different devices.

(perhaps reinstall lilo?)

i dunno though just throwing out some ideas.


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#3 2004-03-01 16:59:33

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Re: lilo warning: Kernel & BIOS return differing head/sector

A Google search shows many have this warning, across various
distributitions. It appears to be related to kernels after 2.4.51.
No one has experienced system problems, just the warnings.

I have no system problems. Guess this is nothing to worry about.

Curt

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