Re: mke2fs (and mkreiserfs) core dumps

Andreas Dilger (adilger@clusterfs.com)
Wed, 13 Mar 2002 13:55:37 -0700

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.

Cheers, Andreas

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