Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 17 Dec 2001 23:01:26 +0200 | From | Sakari Ailus <> | Subject | Re: Reiserfs corruption on 2.4.17-rc1! |
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Diego Calleja wrote:
> badblocks -n (non-destructive write-test) -vv /dev/hdc5 > results in: > attempt to access beyond end of device > 16:05: rw=0, want=9671068, limit=9671067 > attempt to access beyond end of device > 16:05: rw=0, want=9671068, limit=9671067 > attempt to access beyond end of device > 16:05: rw=0, want=9671068, limit=9671067 > 3 bad blocks found > > This means it's broken?
No, it is what it says, AFAIK.
read/write/whatever system call tries to access past end of device although it isn't asked to (or the problem is somewhere deeper). This has happened to me on swap partition which had fairly dramatic effect. ;-) Not using last few blocks solved the problem. Of course, this shouldn't be the case...
-- Sakari Ailus sakari.ailus@retiisi.dyndns.org
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