At 02:28 PM 2/12/98 -0800, Jeremy Cooper wrote:
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>On Thu, 12 Feb 1998, Rick Copeland wrote:
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>> sd0 at scsibus0 targ 0 lun 0: <MAXTOR, LXT-213S SUN0207, 4.24> SCSI1 0/direct
>> sd0: 202MB, 1310 cyl, 7 head, 45 sec, 512 bytes/sec
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>This message shows that your drive claims that it has 412650 data blocks.
>However, the error message you posted
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>  sd0(esp0:0:0): illegal request, data = 00 00 f8 55 21 c0 01 e0 00 00
>  write error: 412648
>  wtfs: Invalid argument
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>seems similar to the error that a drive raises when it is asked to address
>blocks outside of its capacity.  The fact that it occurs just 2 blocks
>before the supposed end of the disk suggests that your disk may be lying a
>little about its size.  It could also be due to a bad set of blocks in
>that area.  The problem may go away if you shorten the length of your
>``e'' partition.  (If you encounter further problems, it would be helpful
>if you posted your partition layout.) 
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>-J
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The partition layout was in the original message was it not?

Rick Copeland