On Sat, 17 Apr 2010 11:10:04 -0400 (EDT), Jim Meyering wrote: > > Thanks for preparing those. > Can either of you outline a test for each that would fail before > application of a patch and succeed after it?
For the first problem, the invalid starting block for an LDL disk, the failure would involve reporting an incorrect starting position, an incorrect partition size, and not recognizing any file system which might be on it, since it is not pointing to the superblock. This occurs only on LDL disks with a block size other than 4096. With the patch, the partition size will be correct, the starting position will be correct, and it will recognize the file system built on the partition, if there is one. The command would be something like parted /dev/dasda print For the second problem, lack of recognition of CMS minidisks, the above command will report Error: /dev/dasda: unrecognised disk label if the patch is not on. If the patch is on, it will generate the normal expected output for the above command. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- _______________________________________________ bug-parted mailing list bug-parted@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-parted
