Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2005 17:00:25 GMT From: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@over-yonder.net> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/83619: 'diskinfo -t' fails with disks smaller than about 6.3GB. Message-ID: <200507171700.j6HH0POY044943@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/83619; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@over-yonder.net>
To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Cc:
Subject: Re: bin/83619: 'diskinfo -t' fails with disks smaller than about 6.3GB.
Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2005 11:56:17 -0500
> >Description:
> apparently 'diskinfo -t' does not work with disks smaller than
> about 6.3GB. however, instead of falling gracefully, it does
> it like this:
Datapoints:
da4
2276762112 # mediasize in bytes (2.1G)
Half stroke: diskinfo: read error or disk too small for
test.: Input/output error
da0
4569600000 # mediasize in bytes (4.3G)
Short forward: diskinfo: read error or disk too small for
test.: Input/output error
[ Got farther, note ]
da5
9173114880 # mediasize in bytes (8.5G)
[ ran through fine ]
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