Bug 59421

Summary:	Kernel unable to access last sector of odd sized devices
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	bcling
Component:	kernel	Assignee:	Arjan van de Ven <arjanv>
Status:	CLOSED WORKSFORME	QA Contact:	Brian Brock <bbrock>
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Priority:	medium
Version:	7.2
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OS:	Linux
URL:	http://www.cftt.nist.gov/Notes_on_dd_and_Odd_Sized_Disks4.doc
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Description bcling 2002-02-07 17:21:19 UTC

Description of problem:
Apparently, there is a bug in the 2.4 kernel that prevents access of the last
sector of odd sized devices.

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How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
(See the attached URL for specifics)

Comment 1 Arjan van de Ven 2002-02-11 16:03:11 UTC

You can access the last sector, just not currently with "dd".
Partition tools already do this (some partition table formats require data to be
on the very last sector).