Kernel & BIOS return differing head/sector geometries

Luis Miguel Garcia
2003-06-23T22:42:00Z

hello

I'm getting this while running lilo from kernel 2.5.72mm2. What does it means?

Could it be dangerous?

Thanks.

bash-2.05b# lilo
Warning: Kernel & BIOS return differing head/sector geometries for device 0x80
Kernel: 13424 cylinders, 15 heads, 63 sectors
BIOS: 788 cylinders, 255 heads, 63 sectors
Added 2572mm2
Added 2573desktop
Added 2421-ck1 *