Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 8 Jan 2002 20:49:17 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 8 Jan 2002 20:49:07 -0500 Received: from sunfish.linuxis.net ([64.71.162.66]:56299 "HELO sunfish.linuxis.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Tue, 8 Jan 2002 20:48:49 -0500 Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2002 17:42:16 -0800 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Filesystem creation problems with 2.4.17 Message-ID: <20020109014216.GB4511@flounder.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.25i X-Delivery-Agent: TMDA v0.42/Python 2.1.1 (sunos5) From: "Adam McKenna" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org I'm having some problems creating a large filesystem on linux kernels 2.4.17. I am using Debian Potato with Adrian Bunk's updates for running 2.4. The filesystem is approx. 260GB and is on an AMI MegaRAID RAID-5 stripe. adam@braindb:~$ uname -a Linux braindb 2.4.17 #1 SMP Tue Jan 8 17:18:33 PST 2002 i686 unknown adam@braindb:~$ sudo mke2fs /dev/sda9 mke2fs 1.25 (20-Sep-2001) Filesystem label= OS type: Linux Block size=4096 (log=2) Fragment size=4096 (log=2) 33898496 inodes, 67782243 blocks 3389112 blocks (5.00%) reserved for the super user First data block=0 2069 block groups 32768 blocks per group, 32768 fragments per group 16384 inodes per group Superblock backups stored on blocks: 32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912, 819200, 884736, 1605632, 2654208, 4096000, 7962624, 11239424, 20480000, 23887872 File size limit exceeded adam@braindb:~$ Here is (trailing) strace output from mke2fs: write(1, "Superblock backups stored on blo"..., 37Superblock backups stored on blocks: ) = 37 write(1, "\n\t", 2 ) = 2 write(1, "32768", 532768) = 5 write(1, ", ", 2, ) = 2 write(1, "98304", 598304) = 5 write(1, ", ", 2, ) = 2 write(1, "163840", 6163840) = 6 write(1, ", ", 2, ) = 2 write(1, "229376", 6229376) = 6 write(1, ", ", 2, ) = 2 write(1, "294912", 6294912) = 6 write(1, ", ", 2, ) = 2 write(1, "819200", 6819200) = 6 write(1, ", ", 2, ) = 2 write(1, "884736", 6884736) = 6 write(1, ", ", 2, ) = 2 write(1, "1605632", 71605632) = 7 write(1, ", ", 2, ) = 2 write(1, "2654208", 72654208) = 7 write(1, ", ", 2, ) = 2 write(1, "\n\t", 2 ) = 2 write(1, "4096000", 74096000) = 7 write(1, ", ", 2, ) = 2 write(1, "7962624", 77962624) = 7 write(1, ", ", 2, ) = 2 write(1, "11239424", 811239424) = 8 write(1, ", ", 2, ) = 2 write(1, "20480000", 820480000) = 8 write(1, ", ", 2, ) = 2 write(1, "23887872", 823887872) = 8 write(1, "\n\n", 2 ) = 2 lseek(3, 0, SEEK_SET) = 0 write(3, "\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 1024) = 1024 brk(0x8076000) = 0x8076000 _llseek(3, 18446744072172666880, [277635989504], SEEK_SET) = 0 write(3, "\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 32768) = -1 EFBIG (File too large) --- SIGXFSZ (File size limit exceeded) --- +++ killed by SIGXFSZ +++ Can anyone shed some light on this? I'd be happy to provide more info if it is needed. CC's appreciated. I'm going to try downgrading the kernel to an older version and see if that helps. Thanks, --Adam - 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/