Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2003 11:20:01 -0700 From: Gordon Tetlow <gordont@gnf.org> To: Per Kristian Hove <Per.Hove@math.ntnu.no> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: geom_vol_ffs problems Message-ID: <20030606182001.GJ691@roark.gnf.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.52.0306061813000.17732@abel.math.ntnu.no> References: <Pine.GSO.4.52.0306041435020.6491@abel.math.ntnu.no> <Pine.GSO.4.52.0306061813000.17732@abel.math.ntnu.no>
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--xdAuejbAAr3yyIdQ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Fri, Jun 06, 2003 at 07:38:36PM +0200, Per Kristian Hove wrote: > I've nailed it down to this: geom_vol_ffs assumes that a file system > is able to fill the partition completely. That's not a valid > assumption, since the file system size is a multiple of the file > system block size (in my case 16k bytes = 32 blocks), and the > partition size is/should be a multiple of the sectors/cylinder count > (in my case 1008). Thanks for doing this analysis. I've run into the same thing here at work but I just haven't had any time to debug it. I'll see if I can work something up that'll address this problem. -gordon --xdAuejbAAr3yyIdQ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE+4NtRRu2t9DV9ZfsRAvo3AJ9XIwhapKlqiiItICGYHfxzfe1zIwCgnz3+ CPd3pHHQPQ653Ak1gE+hkmw= =cjWB -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --xdAuejbAAr3yyIdQ--
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