From: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
Date: Mon, 29 May 2000 15:05:42 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: ChangeLog, mke2fs.c:
X-Git-Tag: E2FSPROGS-1_19~32
X-Git-Url: https://git.whamcloud.com/gitweb?a=commitdiff_plain;h=26ab531523a319682a099c9a91aa3b8aeab2835c;p=tools%2Fe2fsprogs.git

ChangeLog, mke2fs.c:
  mke2fs.c (PRS): Add a much more specific error message if the
  	filesystem size is defaulted and get_device_size returns a size of
  	zero.  Otherwise, users get a confusing "invalid argument while passed
  	to ext2 library" error message.
---

diff --git a/misc/ChangeLog b/misc/ChangeLog
index f9fc009..44062ef 100644
--- a/misc/ChangeLog
+++ b/misc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2000-05-29  Theodore Ts'o  <tytso@valinux.com>
+
+	* mke2fs.c (PRS): Add a much more specific error message if the
+		filesystem size is defaulted and get_device_size returns a
+		size of zero.  Otherwise, users get a confusing "invalid
+		argument while passed to ext2 library" error message.
+
 2000-05-08  Theodore Ts'o  <tytso@valinux.com>
 
 	* fsck.c (interpret_device): Add better error messages if a UUID=
diff --git a/misc/mke2fs.c b/misc/mke2fs.c
index 3026f4c..5d012c1 100644
--- a/misc/mke2fs.c
+++ b/misc/mke2fs.c
@@ -949,8 +949,22 @@ static void PRS(int argc, char *argv[])
 				"must specify\nthe size of the "
 				"filesystem\n"));
 			exit(1);
-		} else
+		} else {
+			if (dev_size == 0) {
+				com_err(program_name, 0,
+				_("Device size reported to be zero.  "
+				  "Invalid partition specified, or\n\t"
+				  "partition table wasn't reread "
+				  "after running fdisk, due to\n\t"
+				  "a modified partition being busy "
+				  "and in use.  You may need to reboot\n\t"
+				  "to re-read your partition table.\n"
+				  ));
+				exit(1);
+			}
 			param.s_blocks_count = dev_size;
+		}
+		
 	} else if (!force && (param.s_blocks_count > dev_size)) {
 		com_err(program_name, 0,
 			_("Filesystem larger than apparent filesystem size."));