Dear listmembers, though I cannot remember the original message to have popped up in sparclinux, I think this discussion would be worthwile placing in sparclinux, too, as it affects sparc systems only. The original posting went AFAIR to linux-kernel only. Take care Dieter Jurzitza -- ________________________________________________ HARMAN BECKER AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS Dr.-Ing. Dieter Jurzitza Manager Hardware Systems System Development Industriegebiet Ittersbach Becker-Göring Str. 16 D-76307 Karlsbad / Germany Phone: +49 (0)7248 71-1577 Fax: +49 (0)7248 71-1216 eMail: DJurzitza@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Internet: http://www.becker.de > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: linux-kernel-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:linux-kernel-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Im Auftrag von > Jurzitza, Dieter > Gesendet: Dienstag, 29. August 2006 06:52 > An: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Betreff: [PATCH] sun disk label: fix signed int usage for sector count > > > Dear listmembers, > citing Jeff Mahoney: > > > I'm not sure how many people out there are using Sun disk > labels with > > sizes > 1TB. It seems like a pretty rare corner case, but > there's no > > reason any data stored in those partitions wouldn't be > invalid, and it > > will suddenly cut them off. Is this a rare enough > occurrence that we > > don't care? > > I am one of those guys using Sun disklabels with sizes > 1TB. > And I would highly appreciate if nobody out there would make > my disk drive useless by simply discarding anything larger > than 1 TB. This would render our department server useless, > what is everything but desirable :-) > > Fdisk says: > > Kommando (m für Hilfe): > Disk /dev/sda (Sun disk label): 1024 heads, 63 sectors, 36187 > cylinders Units = Zylinder of 64512 * 512 bytes > > Gerät Flag Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/sda1 0 1 32256 83 Linux native > /dev/sda2 u 1 64 2032128 82 Linux Swap > /dev/sda3 0 36187 -980235776 5 Whole disk > /dev/sda4 64 320 8257536 1 Boot > /dev/sda5 320 4864 146571264 83 Linux native > /dev/sda6 4864 16384 371589120 83 Linux native > /dev/sda7 16384 36187 638765568 83 Linux native > > Kommando (m für Hilfe): > > cat /proc/partitions says: > /home/fred> cat /proc/partitions > major minor #blocks name > > 8 0 1171874880 sda > 8 1 32256 sda1 > 8 2 2032128 sda2 > 8 3 -980235776 sda3 > 8 4 8257536 sda4 > 8 5 146571264 sda5 > 8 6 371589120 sda6 > 8 7 638765568 sda7 > > but do not leave sda3 useless by changing the code. If there > would be a chance to make fdisk and /proc/partitions not to > display negative numbers (since, though obvious, they are > nonsense) it would be preferrable. > > Many thanks for your help, > take care > > > Dieter Jurzitza > > -- > ________________________________________________ > > HARMAN BECKER AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS > > Dr.-Ing. Dieter Jurzitza > Manager Hardware Systems > System Development > > Industriegebiet Ittersbach > Becker-Göring Str. 16 > D-76307 Karlsbad / Germany > > Phone: +49 (0)7248 71-1577 > Fax: +49 (0)7248 71-1216 > eMail: DJurzitza@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Internet: http://www.becker.de > > > > ******************************************* > Diese E-Mail enthaelt vertrauliche und/oder rechtlich > geschuetzte Informationen. Wenn Sie nicht der richtige > Adressat sind oder diese E-Mail irrtuemlich erhalten haben, > informieren Sie bitte sofort den Absender und loeschen Sie > diese Mail. Das unerlaubte Kopieren sowie die unbefugte > Weitergabe dieser Mail ist nicht gestattet. > > This e-mail may contain confidential and/or privileged > information. If you are not the intended recipient (or have > received this e-mail in error) please notify the sender > immediately and delete this e-mail. Any unauthorized copying, > disclosure or distribution of the contents in this e-mail is > strictly forbidden. > ******************************************* > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe > linux-kernel" in the body of a message to > majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at > http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-> info.html > Please read the > FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe sparclinux" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
