Re: Partition table is inconsistent

From: Gerard Wassink (DontWant_at_SP_aM.nl)
Date: 07/15/04 

Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2004 11:56:11 +0200

On 15 Jul 2004 02:11:43 -0700, Pama wrote:

> Hello,

[snip]
 
> "The partition table is inconsistent. There are many reasons why this
> might be the case. Often, the reason is that Linux detected the BIOS
> geometry incorrectly. However, this does not appear to be the case
> here. It is safe to ignore, but ignoring may cause (fixable) problems
> with some boot loaders, and may cause problems with FAT file systems.
> Using LBA is recommended."
>
[snip]

I've seen this message in my own installs and did what it stated: ignore
it. (it only *could* cause *fixable* problems!

Never had any here...

HTH 

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