Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] "format -e" segmentation fault attempting to label a 5 TB disk in Hipster 2017.10

[Toomas Soome via openindiana-discuss]

> On 21. Feb 2021, at 22:50, Reginald Beardsley via openindiana-discuss 
> <openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org> wrote:
> 
> WTF?
> 
> I  had loads of fun with this 4-5 years ago, but was able to put an EFI label 
> on a 3 TB disk  and everything was fine when I moved the disk to my Solaris 
> 10 instance where I have two in a mirror.
> 
> I'm trying to label a 5 TB disk so I can make a backup before attempting to 
> fix grub on my Solaris 10 u8 system.
> 
> So I get this:
> 
> rhb@Hipster:/etc# zpool status
>  pool: epool
> state: ONLINE
>  scan: scrub repaired 0 in 2h30m with 0 errors on Wed Feb 17 17:39:53 2021
> config:
> 
>        NAME        STATE     READ WRITE CKSUM
>        epool       ONLINE       0     0     0
>          raidz1-0  ONLINE       0     0     0
>            c4d0s1  ONLINE       0     0     0
>            c6d1s1  ONLINE       0     0     0
>            c7d0s1  ONLINE       0     0     0
> 
> errors: No known data errors
> 
>  pool: rpool
> state: ONLINE
>  scan: scrub repaired 0 in 1h39m with 0 errors on Wed Feb 17 16:49:12 2021
> config:
> 
>        NAME        STATE     READ WRITE CKSUM
>        rpool       ONLINE       0     0     0
>          mirror-0  ONLINE       0     0     0
>            c4d0s0  ONLINE       0     0     0
>            c6d1s0  ONLINE       0     0     0
>            c7d0s0  ONLINE       0     0     0
> 
> errors: No known data errors
> rhb@Hipster:/etc# format -e
> Searching for disks...done
> 
> 
> AVAILABLE DISK SELECTIONS:
>       0. c4d0 <Unknown-Unknown-0001 cyl 60796 alt 2 hd 255 sec 252>
>          /pci@0,0/pci-ide@1f,2/ide@1/cmdk@0,0
>       1. c4d1 <drive type unknown>
>          /pci@0,0/pci-ide@1f,2/ide@1/cmdk@1,0
>       2. c6d1 <Unknown-Unknown-0001 cyl 60796 alt 2 hd 255 sec 252>
>          /pci@0,0/pci-ide@1f,2/ide@0/cmdk@1,0
>       3. c7d0 <Unknown-Unknown-0001 cyl 60796 alt 2 hd 255 sec 252>
>          /pci@0,0/pci-ide@1f,5/ide@1/cmdk@0,0
> Specify disk (enter its number): 1
> 
> Error: can't open disk '/dev/rdsk/c4d1p0'.
> Segmentation Fault
> 
> I was using OI because I knew that Solaris 10 u8 would dump core, but I 
> *thought* this had been fixed in OI/Illumos.  All I want to do is put a UEFI 
> label on it so I can use it with u8.
> 
> It boggles my mind that I would get a seg fault after all these years.  That 
> was always my favorite bug fix because it was so easy. At least it is if you 
> can recompile the code.  The overhead cost of being able to build OI is 
> simply more than I am willing to pay.  I did get it to compile once *many* 
> years ago, but I never got a response when I asked on the developer list how 
> to test the new kernel.
> 
> But then again, I now find myself in a world where  it is proclaimed "racist" 
> to insist that 2+2 = 4.
> 
> So time to take OI down and move the disk to Debian to label it.
> 
> Sigh..
> Reg


Hipster 2017 is 4 years old, please use current version. If it still is dumping 
core, please file issue/let us know.

rgds,
toomas


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