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From: J Sloan <jjs@lexus.com>
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To: Gerhard Mack <gmack@innerfire.net>
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Subject: Re: 2.2.12 breaks fdisk
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I have seen this on some systems -

IFAIK it is a BIOS problem, not a
kernel problem -

cu

jjs

Gerhard Mack wrote:

> Somone break something?  I can only seem to access new partitions after a
> reboot.
>
> Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table.
> rotyla:~# mkreiserfs /dev/hda4
>
> <-------------mkreiserfs, 2001------------->
> reiserfsprogs 3.x.0j
>
> count_blocks: open failed (No such device or address)
>
> rotyla:~# mke2fs /dev/hda4
> mke2fs 1.25 (20-Sep-2001)
> mke2fs: No such device or address while trying to determine filesystem
> size
>
> --
> Gerhard Mack
>
> gmack@innerfire.net
>
> <>< As a computer I find your faith in technology amusing.
>
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