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# attempt to access beyond end of device

Juergen Leising (a0037@stud.uni-bayreuth.de)
Mon, 17 May 1999 23:53:32 +0200

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Hello,

I got under kernel 2.2.9 (redhat 5.2) the following errors I have
never seen before:

(...)
May 16 11:01:05 jl2 kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device
May 16 11:01:05 jl2 kernel: 16:03: rw=0, want=2020083719, limit=1068322
May 16 11:01:05 jl2 kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device
May 16 11:01:05 jl2 kernel: 16:03: rw=0, want=1761607682, limit=1068322
May 16 11:01:05 jl2 kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device
May 16 11:01:05 jl2 kernel: 16:03: rw=0, want=2147482609, limit=1068322
(...)
May 16 11:01:05 jl2 kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device
May 16 11:01:05 jl2 kernel: 16:03: rw=0, want=134539165, limit=1068322
May 16 11:01:05 jl2 kernel: hdc: dma_intr: status=0x80 { Busy }
May 16 11:01:05 jl2 kernel: hdc: DMA disabled
May 16 11:01:05 jl2 kernel: hdd: DMA disabled
May 16 11:01:05 jl2 kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device
May 16 11:01:05 jl2 kernel: 16:03: rw=0, want=1746433536, limit=1068322
(...)
May 16 11:01:05 jl2 kernel: 16:03: rw=0, want=267814149, limit=1068322
May 16 11:01:12 jl2 kernel: ide1: reset: success

Is this something I should worry about?

I found some people reporting similar messages, thinking they
have something to do with the sym/ncr53c875-scsi-driver resp.
with broken scsi disks. It is true that I have a scsi controller,
but only for my tape drive; all of my disks are ide ones and
according to e2fsck and scandisk I don't recognize any damage
to my disks. Maybe some of these people are interested in the
fact, that in my case it doesn't seem to be a disk problem.

But - can I do anything to avoid those error messages?

Many thanks,

Juergen.

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