Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sat, 10 Nov 2001 12:28:21 +0000 | From | quintaq@yahoo ... | Subject | Problems creating filsystems and with dd |
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Hello,
On 8th October I posted the following :
> I have just installed a Maxtor 30GB drive as /dev/hdc in my SuSE 7.0 > system which has a vanilla 2.4.10 kernel. I found that I could write the > partition table and create a small ext2 partition for /boot plus 768MB of > swap. Creation of the main ext2 filesystem on /hdc7 failed (before the > inode tables even began to be written), with "file size limit exceeded". > The same problem recurred every time I tried - and I did try various > combinations of partition size. I see the same error message when trying > to change partition table flags. The problem is identical using fdisk, > cfdisk and parted. I have no file limits set in ulimit and I do notthink > that this is the problem. > > I eventually put the same drive as /dev/hdc in another box running a stock > SuSE 2.2.16 kernel and creation of the filesystems completed without any > problem. I have also verified this by booting this box using SuSE's 2.2.16 rescue kernel. > > Any ideas?
Alan Cox responded :
>Obvious one to check would be to see if when 2.4.10 acquired the page >cache changes someone backed out the device picks up underlying file size limit >bug fix that the -ac tree has and went to Linus.
>It really sounds like that happened.
I have seen the same problem with subsequent kernels down to 2.4.14, which I just installed. I have also found the file size limit exceeded error when trying to back up with dd if=/dev/hda1 of=/dev/hdc1 bs=16k, where both partitions are 7.5 GB. Here again, I do not see the problem if I revert to 2.2.16.
I was wondering (a) if the problems are related, and (b) whether a fix is likely soon.
I am not subscribed, so a cc to me from any responder would be kind.
Thanks,
Geoff
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