From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 3 17:18:25 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0FA98106566C for ; Sat, 3 Jan 2009 17:18:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from xcllnt@mac.com) Received: from asmtpout022.mac.com (asmtpout022.mac.com [17.148.16.97]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F0F1F8FC13 for ; Sat, 3 Jan 2009 17:18:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from xcllnt@mac.com) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Received: from [192.168.1.96] (75-101-29-67.dsl.static.sonic.net [75.101.29.67]) by asmtp022.mac.com (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 6.3-7.03 (built Aug 7 2008; 32bit)) with ESMTPSA id <0KCW00IRHO2OU450@asmtp022.mac.com> for current@freebsd.org; Sat, 03 Jan 2009 09:18:24 -0800 (PST) Message-id: From: Marcel Moolenaar To: "M. Warner Losh" In-reply-to: <20090102.115426.-1540393465.imp@bsdimp.com> Date: Sat, 03 Jan 2009 09:18:23 -0800 References: <20090102.115426.-1540393465.imp@bsdimp.com> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.930.3) Cc: 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 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 17:18:25 -0000 On Jan 2, 2009, at 10:54 AM, 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). > > What does it mean? This system is a dual-boot FreeBSD/Windows > laptop. In the past I've seen sysinstall barf on the former geometry, > and have had problems installing dual-boot core4/FreeBSD systems > because of it. > > In addition, the above error message is useless. Who is complaining? > Why are they complaining? What is the corrective action to be taken > here? Why does it matter with modern disks and BIOSes anyway? This is geom_part telling you that the BSD disk label does not have the same geometry as ad0 is telling it it has. Your label claims 255 heads. Your disk claims 16 heads. There's nothing you need to do at this time. -- Marcel Moolenaar xcllnt@mac.com