From: root@scs (Operator) Subject: Re: Does anyone use >64MB partitions? How? Date: Tue, 9 Feb 1993 03:00:31 GMT
In article <pcc.729024059@s1.gov> pcc@s1.gov (Philip C. Cox) writes:
>I have a maxtor 340, with 125 allocated to DOS. When I try to setup 64MB
>for linux, then use the rest (150MB) as extended file system, mkefs has
>a cow and seg faults. I would just make a bunch of 64MB partitions, but
>I do not have enough primary dos partitions to handle what I have left.
>
>Can someone give me a hint on how to use the 215MB I have left on the
>disk, given that I have only 3 primary partitions left?
>
I have a 185MB SCSI Fujitsu that I was trying to partition for an extended
file system, and for days and days I could never figure out how to do mkefs
on it. Each time I ran mkefs, it croaked with an out of memory error. I
have 4 MB installed in my machine, so it should work.
I don't know whether or not the amount of memory required for mkfs and
mkefs is directly proportional to the size of the partition being made.
Anyway, my solution was to create a 16 MB swap partition, mkswap on it,
perform a swapon, and THEN do the mkefs.
Good luck.
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