Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 23 May 2002 14:28:59 -0400 (EDT) | From | "Richard B. Johnson" <> | Subject | Some kind of race with loop in 2.4.18 |
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If I create a 650 Mb file, make an ext2 file-system on it, then mount it through the loop device on /mnt. It seems that I have a virtual file-system that I could used to make an image, eventually to burn a CR-ROM. This is how I've been doing it, but.... with 2.4.18, there is a problem.
Once the file-syetem gets about 50% full, using tar to copy some directories from my hard disk, the hard-disk light remains on continuously, but the file-system doesn't get any fuller.
10 second intervals, nothing happening plus SCSI Disk drive continuously active....
Script started on Thu May 23 14:11:21 2002 # while df ; do sleep 10 ; done Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sdb1 16603376 5708780 10051188 36% / /dev/sdc1 6356624 1198700 4835020 20% /alt /dev/sdc3 2253284 1383916 754908 65% /home/users /dev/sda1 1048272 282208 766064 27% /dos/drive_C /dev/sda5 1046224 181280 864944 17% /dos/drive_D /root/cdrom.root/cdrom.img 554284 262318 263806 50% /mnt Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sdb1 16603376 5708780 10051188 36% / /dev/sdc1 6356624 1198700 4835020 20% /alt /dev/sdc3 2253284 1383916 754908 65% /home/users /dev/sda1 1048272 282208 766064 27% /dos/drive_C /dev/sda5 1046224 181280 864944 17% /dos/drive_D /root/cdrom.root/cdrom.img 554284 262318 263806 50% /mnt Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sdb1 16603376 5708780 10051188 36% / /dev/sdc1 6356624 1198700 4835020 20% /alt /dev/sdc3 2253284 1383916 754908 65% /home/users /dev/sda1 1048272 282208 766064 27% /dos/drive_C /dev/sda5 1046224 181280 864944 17% /dos/drive_D /root/cdrom.root/cdrom.img 554284 262318 263806 50% /mnt Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sdb1 16603376 5708780 10051188 36% / /dev/sdc1 6356624 1198700 4835020 20% /alt /dev/sdc3 2253284 1383916 754908 65% /home/users /dev/sda1 1048272 282208 766064 27% /dos/drive_C /dev/sda5 1046224 181280 864944 17% /dos/drive_D /root/cdrom.root/cdrom.img 554284 262318 263806 50% /mnt Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sdb1 16603376 5708780 10051188 36% / /dev/sdc1 6356624 1198700 4835020 20% /alt /dev/sdc3 2253284 1383916 754908 65% /home/users /dev/sda1 1048272 282208 766064 27% /dos/drive_C /dev/sda5 1046224 181280 864944 17% /dos/drive_D /root/cdrom.root/cdrom.img 554284 262318 263806 50% /mnt Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sdb1 16603376 5708780 10051188 36% / /dev/sdc1 6356624 1198700 4835020 20% /alt /dev/sdc3 2253284 1383916 754908 65% /home/users /dev/sda1 1048272 282208 766064 27% /dos/drive_C /dev/sda5 1046224 181280 864944 17% /dos/drive_D /root/cdrom.root/cdrom.img 554284 262318 263806 50% /mnt Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sdb1 16603376 5708780 10051188 36% / /dev/sdc1 6356624 1198700 4835020 20% /alt /dev/sdc3 2253284 1383916 754908 65% /home/users /dev/sda1 1048272 282208 766064 27% /dos/drive_C /dev/sda5 1046224 181280 864944 17% /dos/drive_D /root/cdrom.root/cdrom.img 554284 262318 263806 50% /mnt Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sdb1 16603376 5708780 10051188 36% / /dev/sdc1 6356624 1198700 4835020 20% /alt /dev/sdc3 2253284 1383916 754908 65% /home/users /dev/sda1 1048272 282208 766064 27% /dos/drive_C /dev/sda5 1046224 181280 864944 17% /dos/drive_D /root/cdrom.root/cdrom.img 554284 262318 263806 50% /mnt Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sdb1 16603376 5708780 10051188 36% / /dev/sdc1 6356624 1198700 4835020 20% /alt /dev/sdc3 2253284 1383916 754908 65% /home/users /dev/sda1 1048272 282208 766064 27% /dos/drive_C /dev/sda5 1046224 181280 864944 17% /dos/drive_D /root/cdrom.root/cdrom.img 554284 262318 263806 50% /mnt Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sdb1 16603376 5708812 10051156 36% / /dev/sdc1 6356624 1198700 4835020 20% /alt /dev/sdc3 2253284 1383916 754908 65% /home/users /dev/sda1 1048272 282208 766064 27% /dos/drive_C /dev/sda5 1046224 181280 864944 17% /dos/drive_D /root/cdrom.root/cdrom.img 554284 262318 263806 50% /mnt Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sdb1 16603376 5708812 10051156 36% / /dev/sdc1 6356624 1198700 4835020 20% /alt /dev/sdc3 2253284 1383916 754908 65% /home/users /dev/sda1 1048272 282208 766064 27% /dos/drive_C /dev/sda5 1046224 181280 864944 17% /dos/drive_D /root/cdrom.root/cdrom.img 554284 262318 263806 50% /mnt Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sdb1 16603376 5708812 10051156 36% / /dev/sdc1 6356624 1198700 4835020 20% /alt /dev/sdc3 2253284 1383916 754908 65% /home/users /dev/sda1 1048272 282208 766064 27% /dos/drive_C /dev/sda5 1046224 181280 864944 17% /dos/drive_D /root/cdrom.root/cdrom.img 554284 262318 263806 50% /mnt Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sdb1 16603376 5708812 10051156 36% / /dev/sdc1 6356624 1198700 4835020 20% /alt /dev/sdc3 2253284 1383916 754908 65% /home/users /dev/sda1 1048272 282208 766064 27% /dos/drive_C /dev/sda5 1046224 181280 864944 17% /dos/drive_D /root/cdrom.root/cdrom.img 554284 262318 263806 50% /mnt Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sdb1 16603376 5708812 10051156 36% / /dev/sdc1 6356624 1198700 4835020 20% /alt /dev/sdc3 2253284 1383916 754908 65% /home/users /dev/sda1 1048272 282208 766064 27% /dos/drive_C /dev/sda5 1046224 181280 864944 17% /dos/drive_D /root/cdrom.root/cdrom.img 554284 262318 263806 50% /mnt Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sdb1 16603376 5708812 10051156 36% / /dev/sdc1 6356624 1198700 4835020 20% /alt /dev/sdc3 2253284 1383916 754908 65% /home/users /dev/sda1 1048272 282208 766064 27% /dos/drive_C /dev/sda5 1046224 181280 864944 17% /dos/drive_D /root/cdrom.root/cdrom.img 554284 262318 263806 50% /mnt Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sdb1 16603376 5708812 10051156 36% / /dev/sdc1 6356624 1198700 4835020 20% /alt /dev/sdc3 2253284 1383916 754908 65% /home/users /dev/sda1 1048272 282208 766064 27% /dos/drive_C /dev/sda5 1046224 181280 864944 17% /dos/drive_D /root/cdrom.root/cdrom.img 554284 262318 263806 50% /mnt Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sdb1 16603376 5708812 10051156 36% / /dev/sdc1 6356624 1198700 4835020 20% /alt /dev/sdc3 2253284 1383916 754908 65% /home/users /dev/sda1 1048272 282208 766064 27% /dos/drive_C /dev/sda5 1046224 181280 864944 17% /dos/drive_D /root/cdrom.root/cdrom.img 554284 262318 263806 50% /mnt Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sdb1 16603376 5708812 10051156 36% / /dev/sdc1 6356624 1198700 4835020 20% /alt /dev/sdc3 2253284 1383916 754908 65% /home/users /dev/sda1 1048272 282208 766064 27% /dos/drive_C /dev/sda5 1046224 181280 864944 17% /dos/drive_D /root/cdrom.root/cdrom.img 554284 262318 263806 50% /mnt
# exit exit
Script done on Thu May 23 14:14:08 2002
None of the disks are full, and there is plenty of free RAM, etc. I let this go one for about an hour, then I tried to ^C out of `tar`. Well no, it's in the 'D' state forever....
If I create the VFS (loop-mounted file) on a disk that I am not tarring from, tar completes okay.
Cheers, Dick Johnson
Penguin : Linux version 2.4.18 on an i686 machine (797.90 BogoMips).
Windows-2000/Professional isn't.
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