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Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 15:40:40 -0800
From: Kallol Biswas <kallol@efi.com>
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Subject: lseek SEEK_END fails on a Toshiba 6007MB disk.
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#include <stdio.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <unistd.h>



main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
int fd;
int offset;
int loffset;

fd = open("/dev/hda", O_RDONLY);

if (fd < 0) {
        perror("open");
        return;
}

offset = lseek(fd, 0, SEEK_END);

if (offset < 0) {
        perror("lseek");
}

}


# ./seek
lseek: Value too large for defined data type

The system runs 2.4.17 kernel.

A fix may be found reading the source code, but if someone already knows

the solution, please reply  to me.

Kallol

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