Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 13 Dec 2002 08:40:33 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 13 Dec 2002 08:39:21 -0500 Received: from atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz ([195.113.31.123]:45071 "EHLO atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 13 Dec 2002 08:39:00 -0500 Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2002 14:46:48 +0100 From: Pavel Machek To: Alan Cox Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: 2.5.51: new warning from lilo Message-ID: <20021213134648.GA31042@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz> References: <20021212193451.GA458@elf.ucw.cz> <1039789418.25121.25.camel@irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1039789418.25121.25.camel@irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 907 Lines: 26 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 -- Casualities in World Trade Center: ~3k dead inside the building, cryptography in U.S.A. and free speech in Czech Republic. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/