In message <410BBB74.9010804_at_portaone.com>, Maxim Sobolev writes: >Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > >> In message <410BB699.3060803_at_portaone.com>, Maxim Sobolev writes: >> >>>Hi Poul, >>> >>>I use application that detects size of disk using binary search. On >>>current each attempt to read beyond disk boundary causes message on >>>console, which is annoying. Can you please turn them off, since >>>apparently they serve no meaningful purpose. >> >> >> Why don't you just use ioctl(DIOC_MEDIASIZE) ? >> >> or the diskinfo(8) program ? > >It is python program, so that ioctl() is out of question. Usage of >diskinfo is possible but is not portable across different unices. sigh... yeah, we should have fixed that 30 years ago. Anyway, the message is intentional because you really have a bug when you try to read past the end of a disk. Typically this means that a filesystem has lost its marbles. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk_at_FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence.Received on Sat Jul 31 2004 - 14:38:05 UTC
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