2003-01-28 17:01:32

by [email protected]

Subject: Kernel and BIOS doesnt give same info about IDE disks here

After install a 2.5.59 from a 2.4.20 i am getting this message just running
lilo:
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server01:/home2# lilo
Warning: Int 0x13 function 8 and function 0x48 return different
head/sector geometries for BIOS drive 0x81
fn 08: 1024 cylinders, 255 heads, 63 sectors
fn 48: 16383 cylinders, 16 heads, 63 sectors
Warning: Int 0x13 function 8 and function 0x48 return different
head/sector geometries for BIOS drive 0x82
fn 08: 1024 cylinders, 255 heads, 63 sectors
fn 48: 16383 cylinders, 16 heads, 63 sectors
Warning: Int 0x13 function 8 and function 0x48 return different
head/sector geometries for BIOS drive 0x83
fn 08: 1024 cylinders, 255 heads, 63 sectors
fn 48: 16383 cylinders, 16 heads, 63 sectors
Warning: Int 0x13 function 8 and function 0x48 return different
head/sector geometries for BIOS drive 0x84
fn 08: 1024 cylinders, 255 heads, 63 sectors
fn 48: 16383 cylinders, 16 heads, 63 sectors
Warning: Kernel & BIOS return differing head/sector geometries for device 0x80
Kernel: 5086 cylinders, 16 heads, 63 sectors
BIOS: 635 cylinders, 128 heads, 63 sectors
Added current
Added 2.4.21-pre2
Added 2.5.59 *

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any idea?
need more info?

2003-01-28 17:24:13

by Andries Brouwer

Subject: Re: Kernel and BIOS doesnt give same info about IDE disks here

On Tue, Jan 28, 2003 at 06:10:50PM +0100, [email protected] wrote:

> server01:/home2# lilo
> Warning: Int 0x13 function 8 and function 0x48 return different
> head/sector geometries for BIOS drive 0x81
> fn 08: 1024 cylinders, 255 heads, 63 sectors
> fn 48: 16383 cylinders, 16 heads, 63 sectors
> Warning: Int 0x13 function 8 and function 0x48 return different
> head/sector geometries for BIOS drive 0x84
> fn 08: 1024 cylinders, 255 heads, 63 sectors
> fn 48: 16383 cylinders, 16 heads, 63 sectors
> Warning: Kernel & BIOS return differing head/sector geometries for device
> 0x80
> Kernel: 5086 cylinders, 16 heads, 63 sectors
> BIOS: 635 cylinders, 128 heads, 63 sectors
>
> any idea?
> need more info?

Nothing is wrong.