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Bob Paddock |
Subject: |
BIOS and Disk Imaging |
Date: |
Sun, 14 Jan 2001 11:12:36 -0500 |
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I would like to use Parted to make a copy of my windoze
partition.
I've installed parted 1.4.6 on Mandrake 7.2, seems to run
fine.
My BIOS says I have 28064/15/63, but Parted told me
1650/255/63.
I followed the instructions in the Parted documentation to add
"append hda=28064,15,63" to lilo/grub then rebooted.
Parted is still not happy, this is what it shows:
fdisk /dev/hda -l
Disk /dev/hda: 15 heads, 63 sectors, 28064 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 945 * 512 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 17340 8193118+ b Win95 FAT32
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary:
phys=(1019, 254, 63) should be (1019, 14, 63)
/dev/hda2 17341 28050 5060475 f Win95 Ext'd (LBA)
Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary:
phys=(1022, 254, 63) should be (1022, 14, 63)
/dev/hda5 17341 18870 722893+ b Win95 FAT32
/dev/hda6 18871 20400 722893+ b Win95 FAT32
/dev/hda7 20401 21930 722893+ b Win95 FAT32
/dev/hda8 21931 28050 2891668+ b Win95 FAT32
fdisk /dev/hda
Command (m for help):
Disk /dev/hda: 15 heads, 63 sectors, 28064 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 945 * 512 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 17340 8193118+ b Win95 FAT32
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary:
phys=(1019, 254, 63) should be (1019, 14, 63)
/dev/hda2 17341 28050 5060475 f Win95 Ext'd (LBA)
Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary:
phys=(1022, 254, 63) should be (1022, 14, 63)
/dev/hda5 17341 18870 722893+ b Win95 FAT32
/dev/hda6 18871 20400 722893+ b Win95 FAT32
/dev/hda7 20401 21930 722893+ b Win95 FAT32
/dev/hda8 21931 28050 2891668+ b Win95 FAT32
Command (m for help):
Expert command (m for help):
Disk /dev/hda: 15 heads, 63 sectors, 28064 cylinders
Nr AF Hd Sec Cyl Hd Sec Cyl Start Size ID
1 80 1 1 0 254 63 1019 63 16386237 0b
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary:
phys=(1019, 254, 63) should be (1019, 14, 63)
2 00 0 1 1020 254 63 1022 16386300 10120950 0f
Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary:
phys=(1022, 254, 63) should be (1022, 14, 63)
3 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00
4 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00
5 00 1 1 1020 254 63 85 63 1445787 0b
6 00 1 1 86 254 63 175 63 1445787 0b
7 00 1 1 176 254 63 265 63 1445787 0b
8 00 1 1 266 254 63 625 63 5783337 0b
Expert command (m for help):
Error: The partition table on /dev/hda is inconsistent. There are many reasons
why this might be the case. However, the most likely reason is that Linux
detected the BIOS geometry for /dev/hda incorrectly. GNU Parted suspects the
real geometry should be 1650/255/63 (not 28064/15/63). You should check with
your BIOS first, as this may not be correct. You can inform Linux by adding the
parameter hda=1650,255,63 to the command line. See the LILO or GRUB
documentation for more information. If you think Parted's suggested geometry is
correct, you may select Ignore to continue (and fix Linux later). Otherwise,
select Cancel (and fix Linux and/or the BIOS now).
Ignore Cancel ? c
Where do I go from here?
Should I at least take the APPEND back out?
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