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util-linux package

  1. Bug #1174098
  2. Comment #2

Comment 2 for bug 1174098

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Ketil (ketil-froyn) wrote :

Turns out blockdev is actually getting an ioctl error on loop devices when run with --report. I had only tested a few values directly, eg using --getsz. Perhaps that is why this happens?

$ sudo blockdev --report /dev/loop0
RO RA SSZ BSZ StartSec Size Device
blockdev: ioctl error on /dev/loop0
$ sudo blockdev --g
60915712
$