On Tue, Jan 18, 2005 at 06:45:26AM -0200, Marcelo Tosatti wrote: > > I suppose that what happens is the following: > > mounting sets the blocksize to 4096. > > After reading 9992360 sectors, reading the next block means reading > > the next 8 sectors and that fails because only 6 sectors are left. > > So this is either not a Linux error and not a disk error, its just that the > "use with filesystem" then "direct access" is a unfortunate combination.
It is not a disk error, but I consider it a Linux error. > What would be the correct fix for this for this, if any? For 2.4 my reaction would be to say that it is a known property of the system, possibly less fortunate, an unimportant flaw. Of course a fix is possible if this is deemed important for some reason. > v2.6 should suffer from the same issues? I don't think so. But 2.6 details are rather different. Andries - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
