[BusyBox 0000102]: problem with large fdisk partitions

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Sat Aug 25 18:32:58 UTC 2007


The following issue has been CLOSED 
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http://busybox.net/bugs/view.php?id=102 
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Reported By:                pking
Assigned To:                BusyBox
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Project:                    BusyBox
Issue ID:                   102
Category:                   Standards Compliance
Reproducibility:            always
Severity:                   minor
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     closed
Resolution:                 open
Fixed in Version:           
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Date Submitted:             02-14-2005 08:11 PST
Last Modified:              08-25-2007 11:32 PDT
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Summary:                    problem with large fdisk partitions
Description: 
System: Familiar Linux 0.8.1 snapshot, running on an iPAQ 3955.

Running Busybox's fdisk on a 1GB SD card creates a valid partition table,
but putting a filesystem > 256MB on any partition results in Busybox's
fdisk being unable to read the partition table (tested for ext2, ext3,
reiserfs). Likwise, if the card is formatted on a desktop with regular GNU
fdisk, Busybox's fdisk can't read the partition table, which shows up fine
in GNU fdisk. The upshot is that the partitions with filesystems can't be
mounted via Busybox. Any partitions created that are < 256MB are
automounted and work normally, although df -h gives incorrect information.

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 vodz - 01-26-06 02:15  
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Excuse me. I don`t know about help you :( 

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 bernhardf - 04-03-06 07:59  
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Please provide detailed information about the exact layout you are using
(verbose dumps with e.g. sfdisk or the like) and attach the MBR of the
affected block-device.

Also please provide an example how you created a filesystem.


 

Issue History 
Date Modified   Username       Field                    Change               
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02-14-05 08:11  pking          New Issue                                    
03-16-05 12:27  andersen       Assigned To              andersen => BusyBox 
01-26-06 02:15  vodz           Note Added: 0001008                          
04-03-06 07:59  bernhardf      Note Added: 0001216                          
04-03-06 07:59  bernhardf      Status                   assigned => feedback
08-25-07 11:32  vda            Status                   feedback => closed  
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