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Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2002 13:37:48 -0800
From: David Rees <dbr@greenhydrant.com>
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Cc: Andreas Dilger <adilger@clusterfs.com>
Subject: Re: mke2fs (and mkreiserfs) core dumps
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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
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