[Bug 1495323] Re: badblocks error on disks greater than 4 TB

[lgd]

Ubuntu 14.04 with 64 Bit.

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Title:
  badblocks error on disks greater than 4 TB

Status in e2fsprogs package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  badblocks doesn't work on 5 TB disks:

  WARNING: DATA DESTRUCTIVE (this is normal behaviour) command: "sudo
  badblocks -svw /dev/sdX" while X is to set in for the whole disk. Use
  it carefully with n instead of w.

  Error:

  "badblocks: This value is too big for the defined data type invalid
  end block (4883770584): must be 32-bit value".

  After data type there should be the end of the first sentence. This
  part is in native language like German and the part after that in
  English.

  Original in German: "badblocks: Der Wert ist zu groß für den
  definierten Datentyp invalid end block (4883770584): must be 32-bit
  value".

  Working workaround: Checking two partitions with less then 4 TB.

  The maintainer should fix this 32-bit limit of 4 gb with a bigger
  defined data type and maybe more changes.

  Current maintainer referring to manpage is Theodore  Ts'o  <tytso [at]
  alum.mit.edu>.

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