Kernel and BIOS doesnt give same info about IDE disks here

From: alberto.rodriguez@nullzone.org
Date: Tue Jan 28 2003 - 12:10:50 EST


After install a 2.5.59 from a 2.4.20 i am getting this message just running
lilo:
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server01:/home2# lilo
Warning: Int 0x13 function 8 and function 0x48 return different
head/sector geometries for BIOS drive 0x81
     fn 08: 1024 cylinders, 255 heads, 63 sectors
     fn 48: 16383 cylinders, 16 heads, 63 sectors
Warning: Int 0x13 function 8 and function 0x48 return different
head/sector geometries for BIOS drive 0x82
     fn 08: 1024 cylinders, 255 heads, 63 sectors
     fn 48: 16383 cylinders, 16 heads, 63 sectors
Warning: Int 0x13 function 8 and function 0x48 return different
head/sector geometries for BIOS drive 0x83
     fn 08: 1024 cylinders, 255 heads, 63 sectors
     fn 48: 16383 cylinders, 16 heads, 63 sectors
Warning: Int 0x13 function 8 and function 0x48 return different
head/sector geometries for BIOS drive 0x84
     fn 08: 1024 cylinders, 255 heads, 63 sectors
     fn 48: 16383 cylinders, 16 heads, 63 sectors
Warning: Kernel & BIOS return differing head/sector geometries for device 0x80
     Kernel: 5086 cylinders, 16 heads, 63 sectors
       BIOS: 635 cylinders, 128 heads, 63 sectors
Added current
Added 2.4.21-pre2
Added 2.5.59 *

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any idea?
need more info?

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