From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 25 Nov 2001 17:18:30 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 25 Nov 2001 17:18:21 -0500 Received: from h24-64-71-161.cg.shawcable.net ([24.64.71.161]:16891 "EHLO lynx.adilger.int") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sun, 25 Nov 2001 17:18:11 -0500 Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2001 15:17:56 -0700 From: Andreas Dilger To: Jean-Luc Coulon Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.4.16-pre1 : e2fsck, File size limit exceeded (core dumped) Message-ID: <20011125151756.C712@lynx.no> Mail-Followup-To: Jean-Luc Coulon , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <3C00EEA0.F43E95AA@wanadoo.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.4i In-Reply-To: <3C00EEA0.F43E95AA@wanadoo.fr>; from jean-luc.coulon@wanadoo.fr on Sun, Nov 25, 2001 at 02:14:08PM +0100 X-GPG-Key: 1024D/0D35BED6 X-GPG-Fingerprint: 7A37 5D79 BF1B CECA D44F 8A29 A488 39F5 0D35 BED6 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Nov 25, 2001 14:14 +0100, Jean-Luc Coulon wrote: > I've two partitions. /dev/hda1 where I can boot 2.2.20 or 2.4.16-pre1, > /dev/hda3 with only 2.4.16-pre1. > > Now, if I boot 2.4.16-pre1, I have the following : > > e2fsck 1.25 (20-Sep-2001) > Pass 1: Checking inodes, blocks, and sizes > Pass 2: Checking directory structure > Pass 3: Checking directory connectivity > Pass 4: Checking reference counts > Pass 5: Checking group summary information > /dev/hda3: 79176/250368 files (1.5% non-contiguous), 277317/500023 > blocks > File size limit exceeded (core dumped) This is a kernel bug. It can be avoided by running as a user with no filesystem limits. Note that _any_ call to "ulimit" is currently broken, especially "ulimit -f unlimited", which will actually impose a 2GB file limit on the block device. Remove any "ulimit" statements from the system startup or root .bash* scripts, and you should be OK. Cheers, Andreas -- Andreas Dilger http://sourceforge.net/projects/ext2resize/ http://www-mddsp.enel.ucalgary.ca/People/adilger/