Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Wed, 13 Mar 2002 13:37:48 -0800 | | From | David Rees <> | | Subject | Re: mke2fs (and mkreiserfs) core dumps |
| |
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.
Thanks, Dave - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
|  |