From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S268256AbTGTXnX (ORCPT ); Sun, 20 Jul 2003 19:43:23 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S268714AbTGTXnX (ORCPT ); Sun, 20 Jul 2003 19:43:23 -0400 Received: from pop.gmx.de ([213.165.64.20]:25994 "HELO mail.gmx.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S268256AbTGTXnW convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Sun, 20 Jul 2003 19:43:22 -0400 From: Michael Schierl To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: 2.6.0-test1 and LILO problem: "Device 0x0300: Invalid partition table, 1st entry" Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2003 01:57:53 +0200 Reply-To: schierlm@gmx.de X-Mailer: Forte Agent 1.93/32.576 English (American) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Message-Id: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi, (sorry if i am wrong here; could in that case someone tell me the right place to report this?) I installed 2.6.0-test1 kernel on my acer laptop. Seems to run quite well (even APM works now), but when I try to rerun LILO (when I recompiled the kernel), it does not work on 2.6.0-test1 kernel: --- LILO version 22.2, Copyright (C) 1992-1998 Werner Almesberger Development beyond version 21 Copyright (C) 1999-2001 John Coffman Released 05-Feb-2002 and compiled at 20:57:26 on Apr 13 2002. MAX_IMAGES = 27 Reading boot sector from /dev/hda2 Merging with /boot/boot-menu.b Boot image: /vmlinuz -> boot/vmlinuz Added Linux [...] Boot image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.4 Added Linux2.4 Boot other: /dev/hda1, on /dev/hda, loader /boot/chain.b Device 0x0300: Invalid partition table, 1st entry 3D address: 1/1/261 (263151) Linear address: 1/12/4159 (4193028) --- hda1 is a fat32 partition w/ windows on it. When I boot 2.4.20, i can rewrite LILO w/o errors. looking at /proc/ide/hda/geometry reveals on 2.4.20: --- physical 19485/16/63 logical 1222/255/63 --- on 2.6.0-test1: --- physical 19485/16/63 logical 19485/16/63 --- /proc/partitions is in both cases: --- major minor #blocks name 3 0 9820440 hda 3 1 7719201 hda1 3 2 1992028 hda2 3 3 104422 hda3 --- Michael