ext3 bug...
Sep. 22nd, 2004 12:21 amBah, this is what I get for being on the bleeding edge...
root@hevesy-int /dev/shm # dd if=/dev/urandom of=/tmp/testfile bs=1k count=4 4+0 records in 4+0 records out root@hevesy-int /dev/shm # file /tmp/testfile /tmp/testfile: empty root@hevesy-int /dev/shm # dd if=/dev/urandom of=/tmp/testfile bs=1k count=5 5+0 records in 5+0 records out root@hevesy-int /dev/shm # file /tmp/testfile /tmp/testfile: data
As at 2.6.9-rc1-mm1, ext3 fails with files that are exactly 4kb in size.