Re: BLKBSZSET still not working on 2.4.18 ?

Andries Brouwer (aebr@win.tue.nl)
Fri, 10 Jan 2003 17:13:31 +0100


On Fri, Jan 10, 2003 at 04:32:51PM +0100, Ludovic Drolez wrote:

> I'm trying to backup a partition on an IDE drive which has an odd number
> of sectors (204939). With a stock open/read you cannot access the last
> sector
>
> What can I do ? Wait for a patch in 2.5.xxx ?

Hmm - I recall fixing this both for 2.4 and 2.5.

If that patch is not part of current 2.4, then probably this should be
regarded as a known deficiency of 2.4. If I were to maintain a stable
2.4 I would not accept such changes.

You can test 2.5. If it is wrong there I must submit a patch.

Andries
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