Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 10 Jan 2003 17:13:31 +0100 | From | Andries Brouwer <> | Subject | Re: BLKBSZSET still not working on 2.4.18 ? |
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On Fri, Jan 10, 2003 at 04:32:51PM +0100, Ludovic Drolez wrote:
> I'm trying to backup a partition on an IDE drive which has an odd number > of sectors (204939). With a stock open/read you cannot access the last > sector > > What can I do ? Wait for a patch in 2.5.xxx ?
Hmm - I recall fixing this both for 2.4 and 2.5.
If that patch is not part of current 2.4, then probably this should be regarded as a known deficiency of 2.4. If I were to maintain a stable 2.4 I would not accept such changes.
You can test 2.5. If it is wrong there I must submit a patch.
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