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Re: Help with an error message



>> Could someone help me out with this message, and do I need to worry about
>> it? May it be a mainboard error? I'm using only IDE drives with LBA ...
>>
>> bash# mv /boot/vmlinuz-2.2.20-idepci /boot/vmlinuz-2.2.20-idepci.bak
>> bash# cp bzImage /vmlinuz
>> bash# lilo
>> Warning: Int 0x13 function 8 and function 0x48 return different
>> head/sector geometries for BIOS drive 0x80
>> Warning: Int 0x13 function 8 and function 0x48 return different
>> head/sector geometries for BIOS drive 0x81
>> Warning: Int 0x13 function 8 and function 0x48 return different
>> head/sector geometries for BIOS drive 0x82
>> Added Linux *
>> Skipping /vmlinuz.old
>
>If at some time you take the HD out of that machine and put it in
>another machine, you might have to rerun lilo to get it to boot. Apart
>from that, I wouldn't worry.

Dear Pigeon,
thanks for your advice.
Finally, after 3 days of hesitation, I made the decision to restart the
system.
Luckyly, it booted, and the new kernel worked fine, so I didn't have to
concern much about replacing the drives.

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Xerex
xerex@axelero.hu
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