Christian Reiniger <warewolf@mayn.de> wrote:
> Possible bug in partition table code of Kernel 2.2.3 / 2.2.4 / 2.2.5
> (I sent this already to Remy Card (as the closest match in MAINTAINERS),
> but didn't get any answer yet...)
>
> [1.] when using Kernel 2.2.3/2.2.4/2.2.5 I can't mount my 640M MO disks
> (sectorsize 2048, 1 primary partition, ext2 formatted) anymore.
[snip]
This really has become a FAQ by now. How about including the following
patch in Documentation/Changes?
---[snip]----------------
--- Documentation/Changes.orig Thu Apr 8 01:12:21 1999
+++ Documentation/Changes Thu Apr 8 02:09:02 1999
@@ -287,6 +287,20 @@
larger swap spaces, you need the new mkswap found in util-linux. You
also need to upgrade util-linux to get the latest version of mount.
+ Partitions on 2048 byte sectored media (certain magneto opticals
+most prominently) were broken throughout the whole of 2.1 kernel
+series, meaning that you will be unable to use 2.1-partitioned media on
+Linux 2.2. This is not a 2.2 bug - 2.2 finally does the right thing!
+[If you have to interchange media between Linux 2.1 and 2.2, your best
+bet is to not use partitions at all but create the filesystem on the
+raw device (e.g. /dev/sda) instead. This is also known as the
+superfloppy format.]
+
+ To properly create partitions on 2048 byte sectored media with Linux
+2.2, be sure to use no less than fdisk version 2.9i and invoke fdisk
+using '-b 2048' as an option.
+
+
RPM
===
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Regards,
Daniel.
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