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Bug 17248

Summary:	mke2fs on partitions starting with cyl. grt than 1024
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Need Real Name <pottria>
Component:	e2fsprogs	Assignee:	Florian La Roche <laroche>
Status:	CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE	QA Contact:
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Priority:	medium
Version:	6.2	CC:	djh
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Description Need Real Name 2000-09-05 10:31:19 UTC

Hi,
I try to create a filesystem on a second IDE 18G hard drive using mke2fs. 
The partition starts at cyl. 1033. I do not plan to boot from this 
filesystem.
My command : mke2fs -c /dev/hdb8
I get error message : Invalid argument passed to ext2 library while 
setting up the super block.
I checked partitions and hdb8 is existing.

Is there any limitation that could explain this problem.
Thanks.

Comment 1 Florian La Roche 2001-04-06 21:44:11 UTC

Is this still happening if you use a newer e2fsprogs version recompiled for
RHL 6.2? Thanks.

Comment 2 Florian La Roche 2001-05-15 16:13:31 UTC

I assume this is resolved. Please reopen if this problem still exists.

Thanks,

Florian La Roche