In trying to run chkfsys on my root file system. First I got
a message that chkfsys couldn’t determine the size of the
parition.
When I retried the operation
How? I only can chkfsys /dev/hd0t79. chkfsys cannot check files under /fs/… in my system. So did
you umount (cd-rom at least)?
chkfsys complains that my
.boot and .altboot files are outside of the first 1024
cylinders.
HOWEVER . . .
fdisk /dev/hd0 shows this disk to have 730 cylinders.
I think it is true in LBA mode. But number of cyls is different in NORMAL or LARGE mode. I guess
your disk has more than 1024 cyls in NORMAL mode. As I understand that message is only warning.
I’m not sure this warning is useful if system’s BIOS supports LBA mode and loader uses BIOS’s calls
during booting. I did not find the way to suppress this warning in my system. (I want this too )
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In trying to run chkfsys on my root file system. First I got
a message that chkfsys couldn’t determine the size of the parition.
When I retried the operation
How? I only can chkfsys /dev/hd0t79. chkfsys cannot check files under
/fs/… in my system. So did
you umount (cd-rom at least)?
I don’t have a CD-ROM.
chkfsys complains that my
.boot and .altboot files are outside of the first 1024
cylinders.
HOWEVER . . .
fdisk /dev/hd0 shows this disk to have 730 cylinders.
I think it is true in LBA mode. But number of cyls is different in NORMAL
or LARGE mode. I guess
your disk has more than 1024 cyls in NORMAL mode. As I understand that
message is only warning.
I’m not sure this warning is useful if system’s BIOS supports LBA mode and
loader uses BIOS’s calls
during booting. I did not find the way to suppress this warning in my
system. (I want this too > > )
What version are you running? My 6.1 machines(both full installation &
embedded) will keep complaining abt .boot & .altboot being outside the first
1024 cylinders. Other than that, doing a ‘chkfsys -u /’ works fine.
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Bill Caroselli <> qtps@earthlink.net> > wrote in article
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In trying to run chkfsys on my root file system. First I got
a message that chkfsys couldn’t determine the size of the parition.
When I retried the operation
How? I only can chkfsys /dev/hd0t79. chkfsys cannot check files under
/fs/… in my system. So did
you umount (cd-rom at least)?
I don’t have a CD-ROM.
chkfsys complains that my
.boot and .altboot files are outside of the first 1024
cylinders.
HOWEVER . . .
fdisk /dev/hd0 shows this disk to have 730 cylinders.
I think it is true in LBA mode. But number of cyls is different in
NORMAL
or LARGE mode. I guess
your disk has more than 1024 cyls in NORMAL mode. As I understand that
message is only warning.
I’m not sure this warning is useful if system’s BIOS supports LBA mode
and
loader uses BIOS’s calls
during booting. I did not find the way to suppress this warning in my
system. (I want this too > > )
What version are you running? My 6.1 machines(both full installation &
embedded) will keep complaining abt .boot & .altboot being outside the
first
1024 cylinders. Other than that, doing a ‘chkfsys -u /’ works fine.
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