From: s_fuller@iastate.edu (Steve Fuller) Subject: Re: mke2fs hangs, does nothing Date: Fri, 14 May 1993 04:26:58 GMT
In <1993May13.130940.28059@lugb.latrobe.edu.au> cs416530@lux.latrobe.edu.au (Matthew I Gillard) writes:
>In article <1Zoc4B1w164w@rwa.nbg.sub.org> robert@rwa.nbg.sub.org (Robert Wachter) writes:
>>blhuber@major.cs.mtu.edu (Brett L. Huber) writes:
>>
>>
>>> I then ran mke2fs, which spits out a few lines and hangs. There is no
>>> message concerning lack of memory, although from other's posts I get
>>> the odd impression that my 4meg RAM is not enough.
>>
>>You already know the answer: 4 MB is NOT enough. I had the same problem,
>>but it did work after I installed swap.
>>
>I am using 4 Meg of RAM and it worked just fine....
4 might or might not be enough, depending on the size of the
partition that you are trying to create with mke2fs. It keeps a
copy of some of the tables in memory, and if you try to make a
large partition (like 180 meg ) it will run out of memory.
Above example is from experience, your mileage may vary...
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