Description of problem: 
I have deleted all windows partition from my second hard-drive 
(/dev/hdb) using fdisk. None of the partitions of that disk were 
mounted, obviously. 
I have then created one single linux partition on that disk, again 
with fdisk. 
Finally I invoked /sbin/mkfs.ext3 -T largefile /dev/hdb1 
I have used the -T switch because I am going to use this drive to 
edit large video files. 
I was greeted by the following message: 
[root@mysystem]# /sbin/mkfs.ext3 -T largefile /dev/hdb1 
mke2fs 1.34 (25-Jul-2003) 
Errore di virgola mobile 
(that's Italian for "Floating point error") 
 
 
 
Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 
util-linux-2.11y-29 
 
 
How reproducible: 
For instance, run "mkfs.ext3 -T largefile /dev/newly-formatted-drive" 
 
Steps to Reproduce: 
1. format a hard-disk on /dev/hdb (mine is a 20GB Quantum Fireball 
Lct10) 
2. create a single linux partition 
3. run mkfs.ext3 -T largefile /dev/hdb1 
   
Actual results: 
[root@mysystem]# /sbin/mkfs.ext3 -T largefile /dev/hdb1 
mke2fs 1.34 (25-Jul-2003) 
Errore di virgola mobile 
 
 
Expected results: 
No error messages 
 
Additional info: 
I succesfully formated the drive omitting the -T largefile parameter.