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Re: Bugreport - not really important

To: "Nathan Scott" <nathans@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Bugreport - not really important
From: "Martin K. Petersen" <mkp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 20 Mar 2001 19:27:07 -0500
Cc: GCS <gcs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Tom Duffy <tduffy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, <linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx>
In-reply-to: <10103211045.ZM227205@wobbly.melbourne.sgi.com>
Organization: Linuxcare, Inc.
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>>>>> "Nathan" == Nathan Scott <nathans@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

Nathan> yeah, thats probably the simplest solution (hack!)- delicate
Nathan> like a sledgehammer, but I guess its the only sure-fire way.
Nathan> be careful about going back from the end, I think there may be
Nathan> an md superblock back there (?) 

Yes, but that shouldn't be exposed to userspace.  The MD device should
appear to be a few blocks shorter than the physically available space
on the disk(s).

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Martin K. Petersen, Principal Linux Consultant, Linuxcare, Inc.
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