Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 13 Mar 2002 14:54:20 -0700 | From | Andreas Dilger <> | Subject | Re: mke2fs (and mkreiserfs) core dumps |
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On Mar 13, 2002 13:37 -0800, David Rees wrote: > On Wed, Mar 13, 2002 at 01:55:37PM -0700, Andreas Dilger wrote: > > On Mar 13, 2002 12:31 -0800, David Rees wrote: > > > I've got an interesting situation here where mke2fs and mkreiserfs core dump > > > with the message: File size limit exceeded (core dumped) > > > > This is a ulimit bug caused by the kernel and libc 2.1. If you log into > > the system as root at the console (no su) it should work. > > > > > The kernel is 2.4.18-rc4 + Trond's NFS_ALL patch. > > > > I thought that the fix for this was in the 2.4.18 kernel, but I guess > > not. > > Thanks for the info. This explains why I didn't have any problems > partitioning the 3ware's RAID, I was logged into the console. > > Is there anyway I can avoid logging into the console? It can be a PITA if > the machine happens to be far away.
If you don't have any "ulimit" calls in the login, it should also be OK. It's just that some vendor startup scripts set a ulimit for non-root users. Trying to set it back to "unlimited" doesn't work.
Cheers, Andreas -- Andreas Dilger \ "If a man ate a pound of pasta and a pound of antipasto, \ would they cancel out, leaving him still hungry?" http://www-mddsp.enel.ucalgary.ca/People/adilger/ -- Dogbert
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