Public bug reported:
Attempting to run badblocks on any of my larger partitions fails, with
an error report indicating that the partition size is limited to a
32-bit integer. My 28TB drive, among others, fails this test.
I have attached a screenshot of the outputs of lsblk and badblocks.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.04
Package: e2fsprogs 1.47.0-2.4~exp1ubuntu4.1
Uname: Linux 6.12.10-76061203-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.28.1-0ubuntu3.5
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Fri Feb 27 16:25:21 2026
InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-07-12 (2056 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200423)
SourcePackage: e2fsprogs
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to noble on 2024-10-07 (508 days ago)
modified.conffile..etc.default.apport:
# set this to 0 to disable apport, or to 1 to enable it
# you can temporarily override this with
# sudo service apport start force_start=1
enabled=0
mtime.conffile..etc.default.apport: 2025-03-04T13:43:04.824971
** Affects: e2fsprogs (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug noble third-party-packages
** Attachment added: "screen image"
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2142918/+attachment/5949028/+files/e2fsprogs-bug.png
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badblocks(8) cannot handle large partitions
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