hda has changed heads

hda has changed heads

[Michael Dreher]

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

Re: hda has changed heads

[Andries Brouwer]

On Sat, Jan 11, 2003 at 10:49:11PM +0100, Michael Dreher wrote:

> Basically, I dont care about the new number of heads,

Right

> but now lilo complains like this (it did not complain before):

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

Andries

Re: hda has changed heads

[Michael Dreher]

Am Samstag, 11. Januar 2003 23:16 schrieben Sie:
> On Sat, Jan 11, 2003 at 10:49:11PM +0100, Michael Dreher wrote:

> > Basically, I dont care about the new number of heads,
>
> Right
>
> > but now lilo complains like this (it did not complain before):
>
> Try giving LILO the keyword linear or lba32.
> Then it does not need any idea about the geometry at bootloader
> install time.

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

Re: hda has changed heads

[Michael Dreher]

Hello,


Am Samstag, 11. Januar 2003 23:16 schrieb Andries Brouwer:
> On Sat, Jan 11, 2003 at 10:49:11PM +0100, Michael Dreher wrote:
> > Basically, I dont care about the new number of heads,
>
> Right
>
> > but now lilo complains like this (it did not complain before):
>
> Try giving LILO the keyword linear or lba32.
> Then it does not need any idea about the geometry at bootloader
> install time.

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

Re: hda has changed heads

[Michael Dreher]

Hello,


> My solution is: reboot into 2.5.54. 

typo. read 2.5.50.

> run lilo there. reboot into 2.5.58. Repeat for 2.5.59.
>
> This is annoying. Any ideas how to solve this ?

Thanks,
Michael

Re: hda has changed heads

[Andries Brouwer]

On Thu, Jan 16, 2003 at 09:51:34PM +0100, Michael Dreher wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> 
> Am Samstag, 11. Januar 2003 23:16 schrieb Andries Brouwer:
> > On Sat, Jan 11, 2003 at 10:49:11PM +0100, Michael Dreher wrote:
> > > Basically, I dont care about the new number of heads,
> >
> > Right
> >
> > > but now lilo complains like this (it did not complain before):
> >
> > Try giving LILO the keyword linear or lba32.
> > Then it does not need any idea about the geometry at bootloader
> > install time.
> 
> 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 ?

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

Re: hda has changed heads [solved]

[Michael Dreher]

Am Donnerstag, 16. Januar 2003 22:21 schrieb Andries Brouwer:
> On Thu, Jan 16, 2003 at 09:51:34PM +0100, Michael Dreher wrote:

> > My solution is: reboot into 2.5.50. run lilo there. reboot into
> > 2.5.58. 
> >
> > This is annoying. Any ideas how to solve this ?
>
> You have not revealed your lilo version.

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