From: Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>
To: David Johnson <dave-kernel-list@centerclick.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: DVD-RAM media detected with wrong number of blocks (2.4.7)
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 15:04:24 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20010724150424.S4221@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <v04210101b781c827accb@[10.0.2.30]> <20010724102526.K4221@suse.de> <v04210100b783212ef7bd@[10.0.2.30]>
In-Reply-To: <v04210100b783212ef7bd@[10.0.2.30]>
On Tue, Jul 24 2001, David Johnson wrote:
> On 7/24/01, Jens Axboe wrote:
> >On Mon, Jul 23 2001, David Johnson wrote:
> >>When attempting to create an ext2 partition on a dvd-ram (2.6G/5.2G)
> >>media the number of blocks is detected wrong causing only half of the
> >>disk to be usable. When creating the filesystem with mke2fs only
> >>609480 2K blocks are allowed instead of 1218960 2K blocks, and I end
> >>up with a 1.2GB partition instead of 2.4GB one. The 1.2GB fs works
> >>fine, it's just a bit small :(
> >>
> >>This is with 2.4.7 using a Creative DVD-RAM drive (1216S) on an Adaptec
> >>2940UW.
> >>
> >>The correct number of blocks is detected in 2.4.6
> >
> >Does this work?
> >
>
> Shifting another bit causes the size to get cut in half again, not
> shifting at all appears to be the correct thing to do.
Yes of course, braino. So eliminating the shift gets the right size for
you, correct?
--
Jens Axboe
prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-07-24 13:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-07-24 2:10 DVD-RAM media detected with wrong number of blocks (2.4.7) David Johnson
2001-07-24 8:25 ` Jens Axboe
2001-07-24 13:02 ` David Johnson
2001-07-24 13:04 ` Jens Axboe [this message]
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