Inconsistent disk label. Problem?

From: Peter Chapin <pchapin_at_twilight.vtc.vsc.edu>
Date: Thu, 03 Sep 1998 18:07:19 -0400 (EDT)

Hello!

I'm preparing to move some files to another partition on the same disk.
The target partition was used for files in the past, but the files on it
are no longer relevant to anything. In preparation I used newfs to create
a new UFS file system on that partition like so

        # newfs /dev/rrz0h

This seemed to work fine but I did get the following warnings:

Warning: Calculated sectors per cylinder (1584) disagrees with disk label
         (1376).
Warning: 1504 sectors in last cylinder unallocated.

I have not touched the disk label for this disk since taking the machine
out of the box. Digital Unix came pre-installed on this unit.

Is this something I should worry about? I'd hate to get a corrupt file
system in a few months!

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Peter
pchapin_at_twilight.vtc.vsc.edu http://twilight.vtc.vsc.edu/~pchapin/

"A computer can make more mistakes in two seconds than 20 people working
   20 years can make."
Received on Thu Sep 03 1998 - 22:08:21 NZST

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