From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 3 10:20:43 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B9AA106566B for ; Sat, 3 Jan 2009 10:20:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from obrien@NUXI.org) Received: from dragon.nuxi.org (trang.nuxi.org [74.95.12.85]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EEEEF8FC18 for ; Sat, 3 Jan 2009 10:20:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from obrien@NUXI.org) Received: from dragon.nuxi.org (obrien@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dragon.nuxi.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id n03AKaLD084421; Sat, 3 Jan 2009 02:20:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from obrien@dragon.nuxi.org) Received: (from obrien@localhost) by dragon.nuxi.org (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) id n03AKaF8084420; Sat, 3 Jan 2009 02:20:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from obrien) Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2009 02:20:36 -0800 From: "David O'Brien" To: "M. Warner Losh" Message-ID: <20090103102036.GB81276@dragon.NUXI.org> Mail-Followup-To: obrien@freebsd.org, "M. Warner Losh" , freebsd-current@freebsd.org References: <20090102.115426.-1540393465.imp@bsdimp.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20090102.115426.-1540393465.imp@bsdimp.com> X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 8.0-CURRENT User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New warning, what does it mean? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: obrien@freebsd.org List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 03 Jan 2009 10:20:43 -0000 On Fri, Jan 02, 2009 at 11:54:26AM -0700, M. Warner Losh wrote: > I'm getting the following from my main disk on boot now: > GEOM: ad0s2: geometry does not match label (255h,63s != 16h,63s). .. > Why are they complaining? What is the corrective action to be taken > here? Why does it matter with modern disks and BIOSes anyway? All very good questions. See my recent "Shooting sysinstall/SADE geometry warning in the head" thread. Seems maybe GEOM_PART_BSD took a page from that book and should be smacked also. I don't see why FreeBSD is making such a mess of geometries with modern SATA/IDE disks. We seem to be the standout here. :-( -- -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org)