From: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.cz>
To: util-linux-ng@vger.kernel.org
Subject: *fdisk doesn't check 2TB boundary
Date: Thu, 7 May 2009 16:43:58 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090507144358.GE4661@tiehlicka.suse.cz> (raw)
[Please CC me as I am not subscribed to the list]
Hi,
we have received report from one of our customers that they have a
problem with sfdisk which doesn't check and shout loudly when 2TB
boundary is crossed when partition is created. This results in silent
ignoring of the new partition.
I have noticed a similar bug report in Debian bugzilla[1] but this one
is silent for more than 4 years.
I do understand that user should know what he is doing when creating a
partion and that msdos partitions are limited to 2TB, but is there any
special reason why this limit is not checked?
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[1] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=324525
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Michal Hocko
L3 team
SUSE LINUX s.r.o.
Lihovarska 1060/12
190 00 Praha 9
Czech Republic
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