Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Date | Thu, 8 Apr 1999 02:17:12 +0200 (CEST) | From | Daniel Kobras <> | Subject | Re: PROBLEM: MO mounting not working w/ 2.2.3+ |
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Hi!
Christian Reiniger <warewolf@mayn.de> wrote:
> Possible bug in partition table code of Kernel 2.2.3 / 2.2.4 / 2.2.5 > (I sent this already to Remy Card (as the closest match in MAINTAINERS), > but didn't get any answer yet...) > > [1.] when using Kernel 2.2.3/2.2.4/2.2.5 I can't mount my 640M MO disks > (sectorsize 2048, 1 primary partition, ext2 formatted) anymore. [snip]
This really has become a FAQ by now. How about including the following patch in Documentation/Changes?
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--- Documentation/Changes.orig Thu Apr 8 01:12:21 1999 +++ Documentation/Changes Thu Apr 8 02:09:02 1999 @@ -287,6 +287,20 @@ larger swap spaces, you need the new mkswap found in util-linux. You also need to upgrade util-linux to get the latest version of mount. + Partitions on 2048 byte sectored media (certain magneto opticals +most prominently) were broken throughout the whole of 2.1 kernel +series, meaning that you will be unable to use 2.1-partitioned media on +Linux 2.2. This is not a 2.2 bug - 2.2 finally does the right thing! +[If you have to interchange media between Linux 2.1 and 2.2, your best +bet is to not use partitions at all but create the filesystem on the +raw device (e.g. /dev/sda) instead. This is also known as the +superfloppy format.] + + To properly create partitions on 2048 byte sectored media with Linux +2.2, be sure to use no less than fdisk version 2.9i and invoke fdisk +using '-b 2048' as an option. + + RPM === ---[snap]----------------
Regards,
Daniel.
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