Am Donnerstag, den 17.04.2008, 23:42 +0200 schrieb Jens Geile: > Hi, > > > > Some other output that seemed meaningful: > > > "Loading sd_mod..." > > > "Driver 'sd' needs updating - please use bus_type methods" > > > "sd 0:0:0:0 [sda] 312581808 512-byte hardware sectors (160042 KB)" > > I see these too, probably harmless: http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/1/10/272 > If its harmless, ok. > > > > ... > > > "Odd. C/H/S does not multiply out to 312581808" > > > ... > > > "* We have fix_disk_geo_heads (78), writing into /dev/dsk1" > > > "* We have fix_disk_geo_sectors (60), writing into /dev/dsk1" > > ... > > > "Legacy BIOS says 78 heads and 60 sectors." The hdd is a 160gb sata drive > > Does not look right.. > > The only values I can remember that I have seen on a modern system: > > heads: 255 and 240 > > sectors: 63 > Googling a bit revealed this: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL > PROTECTED]/msg02058.html > Maybe Mario can give us some info. >
Hi, maybe I can help out with this... I dont read the complete threat so sorry if I am asking something which seem to be clear.... I had this problem whith a Lenovo T60 (as I can remember...). This was related to parted 1.7.1. You are using 1.8.8? Right? Or are you @ 1.6.22? The things I suggest (every step try and if error goto next step): 1.) run a bios update 2.) dont fix the heads and sectors (obsolet if already done) 3.) fix the heads and sectors (obsolet if already done) 4.) use parted 1.6.22 without fixing heads and sectors 5.) use parted 1.6.22 with fixing heads and sectors I think if you use parted 1.6.22 it will work and maybe also you are successful with the bios update (worked in my case...). If anything fails: collect the first 12 sectors of the fat partion from a "ntldr not found..." and from a clean windows CD installation. After that try to compare the bytes you are try to fix... You will see what is correct and what not. But some times this can be a little bit confusing if you are search such "simple" things. This stange behavior can happen: first boot: wrong heads/sectors second boot (after partitioning the drive): correct heads/sectors This might be also the case on a mail I wrote some time ago in the past weeks. First installation: "ntldr not found...". Second installation on the same machine with the same configuration (but the drive has been one time partioned in the first installation) -> worked fine. You can controll this by "zero out" the first Sectors: dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda bs=1024 count=100 #should be enough (/dev/urandom should also work....) and start the same procedure (...like every year, james...) again. If you need help on comparing, feel free to send me your differt sectors from the different installations and I will try to take a [EMAIL PROTECTED], Here you can find the M$ WhitePaper (in this case it seems to be the best way to use [!read] it on a t01l3t....) about fat32: http://www.google.com/search?hl=de&q=microsoft+whitepaper +fat32&btnG=Google-Suche&meta= So have a nice day! And keep on your good work! greetz mario ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone _______________________________________________ unattended-devel mailing list unattended-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-devel
