[PLUG] Hard drive messages.
Derek Loree
drl at drloree.com
Fri Jun 6 11:13:02 UTC 2003
On Fri, 2003-06-06 at 08:13, Don Buchholz wrote:
> I don't think I'd worry about it. If there are no corresponding messages
> in /var/log/messages for /dev/sda, then you're probably not having any
> hardware problems.
>
> It looks like the partitions were created specifying a block count for
> partition size rather than entering cylinder values. What I don't under-
> stand is why the physical and logical size difference messages are being
> printed.
>
I'm not sure if this makes sense, but it looks like the partition was
created with a 16 head scheme, and the kernel is trying to read it with
a 255 head scheme. Did you move the drive to a different controller
after you partitioned it? Most modern drives will simulate either
scheme, so it isn't fatal, but it looks like the kernel is missing the
ends of the primary partitions.
Good Luck,
Derek Loree
>
> mike wrote:
>
> > Is anything wrong with this drive? None of my others give this error.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > fdisk -l
> >
> >
> >
> > Disk /dev/sda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 14467 cylinders
> > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes
> >
> >
> >
> > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> > /dev/sda1 * 1 4 30712+ 83 Linux
> > Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary:
> > phys=(60, 15, 63) should be (60, 254, 63)
> > /dev/sda2 4 3829 30719808 83 Linux
> > Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary:
> > phys=(1023, 15, 63) should be (1023, 254, 63)
> > /dev/sda3 3829 6378 20480040 83 Linux
> > Partition 3 does not end on cylinder boundary:
> > phys=(1023, 15, 63) should be (1023, 254, 63)
> > /dev/sda4 6378 14590 65956464 f Win95 Ext'd (LBA)
> > Partition 4 does not end on cylinder boundary:
> > phys=(1023, 15, 63) should be (1023, 254, 63)
> > /dev/sda5 6378 8928 20480008+ 83 Linux
> > /dev/sda6 8928 9565 5120104+ 83 Linux
> > /dev/sda7 9565 9820 2047720+ 82 Linux swap
> > /dev/sda8 9820 10075 2047720+ 83 Linux
> > /dev/sda9 10075 10203 1024096+ 83 Linux
> > /dev/sda10 10203 14590 35236624+ 83 Linux
> >
> >
>
>
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