Re: Max mounted filesystems ?

["Randy.Dunlap" <rddunlap@osdl.org>]

Ian Kent wrote:
> On Wed, 2 Mar 2005, Frank Borich wrote:
> 
> 
>>118 total. When I attempt to mount the 57th one, I
>>get "Too many mounted Filesystems"
> 
> 
> Sorry I don't know what the limitations are for non-anonymous filesystems.
> 57 seems a bit unusual though.

Is that the exact error message?
Can you post the kernel message log with that message in it?

I can't find that message in 2.4.21 (from kernel.org) and don't
have RH EL (?) to look at.

Have you asked Red Hat about this?

>>__________________________________________________________________________________________
>>From: Ian Kent [mailto:raven@themaw.net]
>>Sent: Tue 3/1/2005 6:53 PM
>>To: Frank Borich
>>Cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
>>Subject: RE: Max mounted filesystems ?
>>
>>On Tue, 1 Mar 2005, Frank Borich wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Ext2, sorry.
>>
>>So how many filesystems do you need mounted?
>>
>>
>>><-----Original Message-----
>>><From: raven@themaw.net [mailto:raven@themaw.net]
>>><Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2005 10:31 AM
>>><To: Frank Borich
>>><Cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
>>><Subject: Re: Max mounted filesystems ?
>>><
>>><On Tue, 1 Mar 2005, Frank Borich wrote:
>>><
>>><> I cannot seem to increase the maximum number of filesystems
>>><on my Red
>>><> hat system running kernel 2.4.21-4.Elsmp.  I have already tried to
>>><> increase NR_SUPER in fs.h and fie-max, and file-nr in /proc/sys/fs,
>>><> this does not help.  When searching through documentation I see
>>><> references to super-max file in /proc/sys/fs, but I do not see it on
>>><> my system ?  Please CC me on the reply as I am not on the list.
>>><
>>><What filesystem type?

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~Randy