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Re: [Xen-devel] virtual disk/block-device problem

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Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] virtual disk/block-device problem
From: Ian Pratt <Ian.Pratt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2003 08:46:49 +0000
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> Now I run "fdisk -l" on each of them and get:
> 
>       Disk /dev/xvda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 16 cylinders
>       Disk /dev/xvdb: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 32 cylinders
>       Disk /dev/xvdc: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 48 cylinders
> 
> Note the ever increasing number of cylinders.  This makes mkfs think that
> xvdb and xvdc are larger than they really are.  mkfs does succeed, but you
> get a lot of:

Weird -- We've had some success reports with VDs working under
1.1, but you and Stephen have hit the same problem.

This area of code has been entirely rewritten for 1.2, so its
hard to muster much enthusiasm for fixing it in 1.1, but I can
take a look.  Please can you the output of "sfdisk -d" on the VD's.

Thanks,
Ian


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