On Sunday 09 June 2002 22:36, Joost van Baal wrote:
> Hi,
>
> [Please Cc me on replies, I'm not subscribed.]
>
> The short summary: When booting, my box gives up, stating:
>
> NET4: Unix domain sockets 1.0 for Linux NET4.0.
> attempt to access beyond end of device
> 03:02: rw=0, want=1023464393, limit=48384
> dev 03:02 blocksize=1024 blocknr= ....
> ...
OK, from what I saw in the kernel source (drivers/block/ll_rw_blk.c,
line 849):
/* This may well happen - the kernel calls bread()
without checking the size of the device, e.g.,
when mounting a device. */
printk(KERN_INFO
"attempt to access beyond end of device\n");
printk(KERN_INFO "%s: rw=%d, want=%ld, limit=%d\n",
kdevname(bh->b_rdev), rw,
(sector + count)>>1, minorsize);
So it could be an error during mounting. Device 03:02 should be hda2,
your root partition. A failure to mount or properly recognize it would
also explain all further errors. That's about all I can tell right now,
but perhaps it helps in further troubleshooting. Anyone?
My shot in the dark: it could be a bad BIOS call that fails to return
the correct size of the disk or a bad <insert your choice>. Perhaps
post the complete lines that you abbreviated. The "want" number
indicates that there was a planned access somewhere after 976GB.
Perhaps also make sure you don't need an obscure kernel workaround for
some strange system component. The BIOSes used for P133 systems are...
we.. strange.
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