Package: e2fsprogs
Version: 1.39-1
Severity: normal
An attempt to test one block:
% badblocks /dev/hdb1 1 1 ; echo $?
badblocks: invalid blocks range: 1-1
1
'man badblocks' seems clear enough:
last-block is the last block to be checked; if it is not specified, the
last block on the device is used as a default. start-block is an
optional parameter specifying the starting block number for the test,
which allows the testing to start in the middle of the disk.
...according to that, a range of '1 1' should work. Looks like
a fencepost error, in which case this might work:
% badblocks -vs /dev/hdb1 2 1
Checking blocks 1 to 2
Checking for bad blocks (read-only test): done
Pass completed, 0 bad blocks found.
Vague... did it scan one block or two? If it scanned one block,
then the the message "Checking blocks 1 to 2" is inaccurate.
Suggested fixes:
Either:
1) Make 'badblocks' do what the manual says. A range of '1 1' would search
one block.
Or else:
2) Have the manual correctly describe what 'badblocks' now does,
and fix the program's "Checking blocks x to y" output message.
Hope this helps...
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Versions of packages e2fsprogs depends on:
ii e2fslibs 1.39-1 ext2 filesystem libraries
ii libblkid1 1.39-1 block device id library
ii libc6 2.3.6.ds1-4 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libcomerr2 1.39-1 common error description library
ii libdevmapper1.02 2:1.02.08-1 The Linux Kernel Device Mapper use
ii libselinux1 1.30.26-2 SELinux shared libraries
ii libsepol1 1.12.24-1 Security Enhanced Linux policy lib
ii libss2 1.39-1 command-line interface parsing lib
ii libuuid1 1.39-1 universally unique id library
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