diskdump fail to start with an error 'diskdumpfmt: block size should be more than: /dev/sdxx' in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4

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Issue

I have configured diskdump. Its failing upon restart of diskdump

# service diskdump initialformat
Formatting dump device:
Do you want to format /dev/sdm1 (yes/NO)? yes
diskdumpfmt: block size should be more than: /dev/sdxx digits

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4

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