Bug is FIXED in util-linux 2.27
Update: bug is in the V3 code. Command goes through w/o using -3.
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Ok I was able to replace the patch with an error message. I changed
the inodes per block to be more reasonable w/ large filesystems while
I was at it. I'll be sending the patch upstream as well.
--- disk-utils/mkfs.minix.c.orig 2015-06-20 13:50:45.509325736 -0700
+++ disk-utils/mkfs.minix.c
I found the exact cause after reading the source code long enough. It
tried to allocate too many inodes, pushing the first zone 65536
blocks. This fails hard due to integer roundoff.
Therefore, workaround: mkfs.minix -3 -i specifying a more
reasonable number of inodes will allow the
Package: util-linux
Version: 2.25.2-6
Severity: normal
File: /sbin/mkfs.minix
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$ dd if=/dev/zero of=/tmp/test.img bs=4096 count=`expr 1024 \* 1024`
$ mkfs.minix -3
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