--- parted/parted.c
+++ parted/parted.c	2006/03/22 11:09:18
@@ -1231,7 +1231,21 @@
 
         disk = ped_disk_new (*dev);
         if (!disk)
+		{
+		if (ped_unit_get_default () == PED_UNIT_CHS ||
+		    ped_unit_get_default () == PED_UNIT_CYLINDER) 
+			{
+			PedCHSGeometry* chs = &(*dev)->bios_geom;
+			char* cyl_size = ped_unit_format_custom (*dev,
+						chs->heads * chs->sectors,
+						PED_UNIT_KILOBYTE);
+			printf (_("BIOS cylinder,head,sector geometry: %d,%d,%d.  "
+			          "Each cylinder is %s.\n"),
+				  chs->cylinders, chs->heads, chs->sectors, cyl_size);
+			ped_free (cyl_size);
+			}
                 goto error;
+		}
 
         peek_word = command_line_peek_word ();
         if (peek_word) {