> On Wed, Nov 17, 1999 at 09:45:44PM +1100, Keith Owens wrote:
>
> > >On Wed, Nov 17, 1999 at 08:03:19AM +0000, Tigran Aivazian wrote:
> > >> 3. Running lilo on some (large) disks results in
> > >> ll_rw_block: device 08:00: only 1024-char blocks implemented (4096)
>
> > I have been getting "ll_rw_block: device 08:00: only 1024-char blocks
> > implemented (512)" running lilo version 20 since at least 2.3.19.
> >
> > boot=/dev/sda
>
> Hmm. Now as far as I can see there is nothing special with lilo,
> it is just another program. Perhaps the only unusual part about it
> is that it reads and writes the entire disk, rather than a partition.
>
> Do you also get such errors using dd on the disk?
> (It doesnt matter whether you read or write, so probably
> reading is better.)
>
> You confirmed: no loop involved.
> No raid involved either?
Possible data point: lilo uses FIBMAP to get the block list for the image.
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/