hda has changed heads

Hello all,

under 2.5.50 I got the following (sorry for localization):

karpfen:/home/dreher # uname -a
Linux karpfen 2.5.50 #1 Sun Dec 1 21:51:57 CET 2002 i686 unknown

karpfen:/home/dreher # fdisk -l

Festplatte /dev/hda: 255 Köpfe, 63 Sektoren, 4998 Zylinder
Einheiten: Zylinder mit 16065 * 512 Bytes

Gerät boot. Anfang Ende Blöcke Id Dateisystemtyp

/dev/hda1             1        20    160618+  82  Linux Swap
/dev/hda2   *        21       256   1895670    6  FAT16
/dev/hda3           257      3912  29366820   83  Linux
/dev/hda4          3913      4998   8723295    5  Erweiterte
/dev/hda5          3913      4998   8723263+   b  Win95 FAT32

karpfen:/home/dreher # exit

On the other hand, under 2.5.54 (and 2.5.56) I get

karpfen:/usr/src/linux # uname -a
Linux karpfen 2.5.54 #2 Thu Jan 2 22:47:22 CET 2003 i686 unknown

karpfen:/usr/src/linux # fdisk -l

Festplatte /dev/hda: 16 Köpfe, 63 Sektoren, 79656 Zylinder
Einheiten: Zylinder mit 1008 * 512 Bytes

Gerät boot. Anfang Ende Blöcke Id Dateisystemtyp
/dev/hda1 1 319 160618+ 82 Linux Swap
Partition 1 endet nicht an einer Zylindergrenze:

     phys=(19, 254, 63) should be (19, 15, 63)
/dev/hda2   *       319      4080   1895670    6  FAT16
Partition 2 endet nicht an einer Zylindergrenze:
     phys=(255, 254, 63) should be (255, 15, 63)
/dev/hda3          4081     62348  29366820   83  Linux
Partition 3 endet nicht an einer Zylindergrenze:
     phys=(1023, 254, 63) should be (1023, 15, 63)
/dev/hda4         62348     79656   8723295    5  Erweiterte
Partition 4 endet nicht an einer Zylindergrenze:
     phys=(1023, 254, 63) should be (1023, 15, 63)

/dev/hda5 62348 79656 8723263+ b Win95 FAT32

Basically, I dont care about the new number of heads, but now lilo complains like this (it did not complain before):

karpfen:/etc # lilo
Added testing *
Added linux
Added failsafe
Added linux-2.5.54
Added linux-2.5.50
Device 0x0300: Invalid partition table, 2nd entry
3D address: 1/0/20 (20160)
Linear address: 1/12/318 (321300)
karpfen:/etc #

Best wishes,
Michael

Right

Try giving LILO the keyword linear or lba32.
Then it does not need any idea about the geometry at bootloader install time.

Andries

Am Samstag, 11. Januar 2003 23:16 schrieben Sie:

I did already:

karpfen:/home/dreher # more /etc/lilo.conf
boot = /dev/hda
change-rules
reset
read-only
menu-scheme = Wg:kw:Wg:Wg
lba32
prompt
timeout = 80
message = /boot/message

  image  = /boot/bzImage
  label  = testing
  root   = /dev/hda3
  vga    = 791

......

Will try with "linear" next.

Michael

Hello,

Am Samstag, 11. Januar 2003 23:16 schrieb Andries Brouwer:

I tried, and it does not work.

karpfen:/home/dreher # lilo
Added testing *
Added linux
Added failsafe
Added linux-2.5.56
Added linux-2.5.54
Device 0x0300: Invalid partition table, 2nd entry
3D address: 1/0/20 (20160)
Linear address: 1/12/318 (321300)

Contrary to what it prints here, lilo has added nothing.

It should write the boot sector for windows on /dev/hda5, but can not do that because it does not understand the partition table anymore.

My box is running 2.5.56 at the moment.
I wanted to install 2.5.58. But lilo refuses to change the MBR, because of the number of changed heads. Even if I start it as lilo -L.

My solution is: reboot into 2.5.54. run lilo there. reboot into 2.5.58. Repeat for 2.5.59.

This is annoying. Any ideas how to solve this ?

Thanks,
Michael

Hello,

typo. read 2.5.50.

Thanks,
Michael

You have not revealed your lilo version.
The above error message does not occur in a recent lilo, so probably you have some older version. Looking at a random older source I see

    if ((lin_3d > part_table[part].start_sect || (lin_3d <
      part_table[part].start_sect && cyl != BIOS_MAX_CYLS-1)) && !nowarn) {
        fflush(stdout);
        fprintf(stderr,"Device 0x%04X: Invalid partition table, %d%s entry\n",
          dev_nr & ~PART_MASK,part+1,!part ? "st" : part == 1 ? "nd" : part ==
          2 ? "rd" : "th");
...
        if (!cfg_get_flag(cf_options,"fix-table") && !cfg_get_flag(cf_options,
          "ignore-table")) exit(1);

So, there is a warning here that is fatal unless nowarn or ignore-table is set. The nowarn is set by the lilo -w option.
So, try giving lilo the -w flag. Or upgrade to a more recent lilo.

Andries

Am Donnerstag, 16. Januar 2003 22:21 schrieb Andries Brouwer:

The old version was 22.1. Now I have upgraded to 22.3.2, and it works:

karpfen:/home/dreher # lilo
Warning: Kernel & BIOS return differing head/sector geometries for device 0x80

    Kernel: 14120 cylinders, 16 heads, 63 sectors
      BIOS: 1024 cylinders, 255 heads, 63 sectors

Added testing *
Added linux
Added failsafe
Added linux-2.5.56
Added linux-2.5.50
Added windows

Very good. Thank you very much for your quick help.

Michael