Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 23 Apr 1999 11:32:08 -0400 (EDT) | From | Florin B Manolache <> | Subject | disk geometry change |
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Hello,
Something strange happened when I upgraded the kernel from 2.0.36 to 2.2.6: The disk geometry as seen by lilo, fdisk, etc is now changed, and these utilities can not be used any more without making the system unbootable. In order to use them I have to boot 2.0.36 from a floppy, make the changes and reboot 2.2.6.
The disk is an Wide SCSI Seagate ST19171W, and is seen by 2.0.36 with 1106 cylinders, and by 2.2.6 with 8683 cylinders. The same software upgrade worked fine on all the systems around, except the ones with this type of disks.
Anybody has any clues what's going on? Is there any way, other than repartitioning the disk and reinstalling the software, to make the system consistent? Please send comments to florin@andrew.cmu.edu.
Thank you, Florin
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