According to Kurt Wall: While burning my CPU.
> 
> Using recycled bits, Fulbright English Dept said:
> % Kurt,
> % 
> % Thanks for the info!  This is the message that I'm getting (LIL-).  Pardon
> % my ignorance, but what is a geometry mismatch?  How would I go about fixing
> % it?  
> 
> A geometry mismatch is (the real experts will no doubt correct me if I'm
> wrong) is when LILO reads one set of disk parameters and the BIOS reports
> another.  It frequently pops up when you've got a new big drive on an old
> BIOS.

A little correction, (if i may) ;;

It frequently pops up when you've got a new big drive on an new BIOS and you
allow the BIOS to "autodetect the disk".

> 
> Kurt
> -- 
> The more pretentious a corporate name, the smaller the organization.  (For
> instance, The Murphy Center for Codification of Human and Organizational Law,
> contrasted to IBM, GM, AT&T ...)
> 


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Regards Richard.
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