stefano wrote:
> On Sat, 02 Oct 2004 15:41:30 -0700, HJohnson wrote:
>
>
>>Just setting the BIOS to the AUTO mode should have no change in the disk
>>read/write (as opposed to the LBA mode).
>
>
> by default bios has always been set to AUTO mode and what i do not
> understand is why lilo tells me that bios is giving a geometry
> (784,255,63) when if i go into bios, it is giving another one
> (13328,15,63)....
>
> stefano

Hrm.....maybe try using "Linear" option in your lilo.conf may help get
rid of this annoying message. Read the man page on lilo.conf and look
for the disk option of "Linear".

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humjohn AT aerosurf DOT net

On Sun, 03 Oct 2004 16:26:27 -0700, HJohnson wrote:


> Hrm.....maybe try using "Linear" option in your lilo.conf may help get
> rid of this annoying message. Read the man page on lilo.conf and look
> for the disk option of "Linear".


unfortunatly option linear has some limitations (see man lilo.conf for
futher informations) and i'm not aware of them.... :-((

On Mon, 04 Oct 2004 19:00:38 +0000, stefano wrote:


> unfortunatly option linear has some limitations (see man lilo.conf for
> futher informations) and i'm not aware of them.... :-((


i'm sorry for the last answer (a friend wrote for me and he didn't
wrote what i told to him)
linear option for lilo has a limitation of 1024 cylindres (see man
lilo.conf) and my hd has more then 1024 cylindres...

i also saw i have this problem only with ide disks... no problems with
sata disks...