From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 6 17:55:21 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D6ADB106566B for ; Wed, 6 Apr 2011 17:55:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd.user@seibercom.net) Received: from mail-yi0-f54.google.com (mail-yi0-f54.google.com [209.85.218.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 88F938FC1F for ; Wed, 6 Apr 2011 17:55:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: by yie12 with SMTP id 12so769417yie.13 for ; Wed, 06 Apr 2011 10:55:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.91.201.8 with SMTP id d8mr2178124agq.116.1302112519538; Wed, 06 Apr 2011 10:55:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from scorpio.seibercom.net (twdp-174-109-142-001.nc.res.rr.com [174.109.142.1]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id t23sm890885ano.51.2011.04.06.10.55.18 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Wed, 06 Apr 2011 10:55:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from scorpio (zeus [192.168.1.1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: FreeBSD.user@scorpio.seibercom.net) by scorpio.seibercom.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3Q4ZTK6jMgz2CG4h for ; Wed, 6 Apr 2011 13:55:17 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2011 13:55:17 -0400 From: Jerry To: FreeBSD Message-ID: <20110406135517.20f90d49@scorpio> In-Reply-To: <20110406190922.7daebbb1.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <20110406144648.GA44550@griffin.gnix.co.uk> <20110406190922.7daebbb1.freebsd@edvax.de> Organization: seibercom.net X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.8 (GTK+ 2.22.1; amd64-portbld-freebsd8.2) Face: iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAADAAAAAwBAMAAAClLOS0AAAAJFBMVEUeH4oAAI3//v8LDHmw s8gyNZ/b3ej7+vn+/v////+PjIc8Plaj/TnQAAACNElEQVQ4jaXUvW/aQBQAcFtKGZLFT+YY 3D1SR9SKoRMncE3IggU4kicGi1JYOgQwyYrgnLlSzhsoNkTuVJEp+ef6ztiAoV3aJ+QPfufn s987S/5fQvoXYPjztmfc514Ks+5JfGUCfrzt4+VabF+jwEV4DGEXN8N4p16sPLxHX07/V3qX yfF5D2H6K4V8j9NkyAphvkjBembD5PDFk3zeTzP1jcksyaV9w+d4ELmUoOp8N2p8uQVyhTAT uawnKNH2mie5lJp48mscUcbJUvg0mR6APwAoye9AMyWozY4gAh0vcxa5FJ4TKCuODESWtfkB 8AEQSupUXNIYH8FSC2w8X3eMBNbbVJpJ7MgECO5yJ9DUEWCYkzNAlsRsgwLQ1GkWqELbkDOh 1bUzoHagYkNh9MXlK/MQoA42gTxz2bhPM2DJedm8MZx6cNfJgEZJ5cmwPp5FZ/Ye8O2qTrFV dgOrHkZRBoheJiGrRquwAhnQ6GeTePPerWVmQelAQ5lwNqtvQd2lcooAV74/zR1BIRS19fy5 ru+B/8ReW9pYKMPjt609zDaitHHTGOO+Zu7gHvsKE7XbeE1QVuJXomIFuZgUJdXQdhpqEELc /e8RLjfi+cQ01yMdWot8UcCVxEWHEkcUrsDGuhaIEoM9kfgAR6jxHcmEV7tNURAl8KTHN9iF McKGFHGO62O62UMpbmlVuogQ7ndL8zXCiLeBy3xpfrqaXS/+AHDG4o8AvhuPeezD/3xL/hy/ Adjlg2odglF2AAAAAElFTkSuQmCC Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: Re: GEOM warning in dmesg X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: FreeBSD List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 06 Apr 2011 17:55:22 -0000 On Wed, 6 Apr 2011 19:09:22 +0200 Polytropon articulated: > On Wed, 6 Apr 2011 15:46:48 +0100, Jamie Paul Griffin > wrote: > > Hi everyone > > > > I have just installed FreeBSD 8.2 RELEASE amd64 onto my new > > Lenovo ThinkCentre and i'm dual-booting FreeBSD with Windows > > & which was preinstalled. > > > > When the system boots i see the message shown below in dmesg > > which relates to the partitions on the FreeBSD slice. So far > > i have not experienced any problems with using the system and > > it does boot into the OS ok. but i don't know if there's a > > problem here that i need to fix or if it's a warning i can > > ignore because i don't know what it means. i am hoping someone > > can help me and explain what it is. > > The message indicates that there is a discrepancy between > reported values (BIOS vs. disk) about the disk geometry. > > > > > Here is the text: > > > > GEOM: ad8: partition 4 does not start on a track boundary. > > GEOM: ad8: partition 4 does not end on a track boundary. > > GEOM: ad8: partition 3 does not start on a track boundary. > > GEOM: ad8: partition 3 does not end on a track boundary. > > GEOM: ad8: partition 2 does not start on a track boundary. > > GEOM: ad8: partition 2 does not end on a track boundary. > > GEOM: ad8: partition 1 does not start on a track boundary. > > GEOM: ad8: partition 1 does not end on a track boundary. > > Using some google, there are the following things you could > read: > > http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=9105 > > http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=9524 > > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2009-March/004830.html > > http://koitsu.wordpress.com/2009/10/12/testing-out-freebsd-8-0-rc1/ > > There are explainations and solutions. I hope it will help. > But as I said, I'm quite sure you can ignore the messages > as they do not affect the system. I had a disk two years ago that caused FBSD to spew the same nonsense. I downloaded FreeDOS , created a CD then proceeded to removed all of the partition information from the disk. I then recreated the partition format I wanted, rebooted and formatted the drive. Now, when I installed FBSD there were no error messages. I don't know if that will help you or not. -- Jerry ✌ FreeBSD.user@seibercom.net Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __________________________________________________________________ Give me enough medals, and I'll win any war. Napoleon