Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 15 May 1999 10:49:17 +0100 (BST) | From | Alex Buell <> | Subject | Re: Disk MTBF |
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On Fri, 14 May 1999, Richard B. Johnson wrote:
> The major problem is finding out when you have reached the end of the > partition or physical device. This is because any sector read errors > (after near kernel panics) can result in the same indication to a > program that a normal EOF would result in, i.e., the return value from > the read is not the same as requested (normal last read), or -1 with > errno set to something if you read beyond that.
I have a problem with this. What do you do in the event you get a read or a write fault?
Cheers, Alex -- "For some of us, horror movies ARE comedies. Doctor Giggles comes to mind" - Alex Buell, May 1999.
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