Package: e2fsprogs Version: 1.43.3-1 Severity: important An strace of the failing e2image program giving an image file size just below 2GiB (on a 32 bit platform): ------ # LC_ALL=C strace e2image /dev/mapper/share share.img 2>&1 | tail -n15 lseek(4, 4096, SEEK_CUR) = 2147471360 lseek(4, 4096, SEEK_CUR) = 2147475456 lseek(4, 4096, SEEK_CUR) = 2147479552 lseek(4, 4096, SEEK_CUR) = -1 EOVERFLOW (Value too large for defined data type) munmap(0xb76e4000, 135168) = 0 write(2, "e2image", 7e2image) = 7 write(2, ": ", 2: ) = 2 write(2, "Value too large for defined data"..., 37Value too large for defined data type) = 37 write(2, " ", 1 ) = 1 write(2, "while writing inode table", 25while writing inode table) = 25 ioctl(2, TCGETS, 0xbff65a1c) = -1 ENOTTY (Inappropriate ioctl for device) write(2, "\n", 1 ) = 1 exit_group(1) = ? +++ exited with 1 +++ ------
The following commands writing to stdout and writing to a raw file complete successfully and give files that seem usable: ------ # LC_ALL=C e2image /dev/mapper/share - > share.img # LC_ALL=C e2image -r /dev/mapper/share share.raw ------ According to the webpage http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/faq/coreutils-faq.html#Value-too-large-for-defined-data-type "It means that your version of the utilities were not compiled with large file support enabled." -- System Information: Debian Release: 9.0 APT prefers unstable Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 3.16.0-4-686-pae (SMP w/1 CPU core) Versions of packages e2fsprogs depends on: ii e2fslibs 1.43.3-1 ii libblkid1 2.29.1-1 ii libc6 2.24-9 ii libcomerr2 1.43.3-1 ii libss2 1.43.3-1 ii libuuid1 2.29.1-1 ii util-linux 2.29.1-1 e2fsprogs recommends no packages.
