#9972 NORM Not Tri: openfirmware writes fail on an ext2 filesystem of certain size range

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#9972: openfirmware writes fail on an ext2 filesystem of certain size range
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           Reporter:  Quozl                |       Owner:  wmb at firmworks.com
               Type:  defect               |      Status:  new              
           Priority:  normal               |   Milestone:  Not Triaged      
          Component:  ofw - open firmware  |     Version:  not specified    
         Resolution:                       |    Keywords:                   
        Next_action:  never set            |    Verified:  0                
Deployment_affected:                       |   Blockedby:                   
           Blocking:                       |  
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Comment(by pgf):

 more info about the above filesystem:

 {{{
 ==chalk,root(1)>> /sbin/parted /dev/sdf "unit s print"
 Model: Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 (scsi)
 Disk /dev/sdf: 1952768s
 Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
 Partition Table: msdos

 Number  Start  End       Size      Type     File system  Flags
  1      34s    1952734s  1952701s  primary  ext2         boot

 ==chalk,root(1)>> grep sdf /proc/partitions
    8       80     976384 sdf
    8       81     976350 sdf1

 }}}

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Ticket URL: <http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/9972#comment:2>
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