From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 31 Jan 2001 18:31:42 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 31 Jan 2001 18:31:32 -0500 Received: from quechua.inka.de ([212.227.14.2]:16242 "EHLO mail.inka.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 31 Jan 2001 18:31:14 -0500 Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2001 00:31:13 +0100 To: James Sutherland Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: reiserfs min size (was: [2.4.1] mkreiserfs on loopdevice freezes kernel) Message-ID: <20010201003113.A29077@lina.inka.de> In-Reply-To: <20010131232757.A23675@lina.inka.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.12i In-Reply-To: ; from jas88@cam.ac.uk on Wed, Jan 31, 2001 at 11:15:56PM +0000 From: Bernd Eckenfels Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Jan 31, 2001 at 11:15:56PM +0000, James Sutherland wrote: > > dd if=/dev/zero of=/var/loop.img count=32768 size=4096 > > That just creates a 128Mb file of zeros... This sounds a bit small. Why > "size=4096"?? because i am too tired to calculate. mkreiserfs wants 32768 (32*1024) blocks with a size of 4k. I created the smallest possible image to test reiserfs. > > Yes, I wonder if it is a Error in mkreiserfs to require 128MB. > > Have you tried using a smaller blocksize to mkreiserfs? Sure I have. Greetings Bernd -- (OO) -- Bernd_Eckenfels@Wendelinusstrasse39.76646Bruchsal.de -- ( .. ) ecki@{inka.de,linux.de,debian.org} http://home.pages.de/~eckes/ o--o *plush* 2048/93600EFD eckes@irc +497257930613 BE5-RIPE (O____O) When cryptography is outlawed, bayl bhgynjf jvyy unir cevinpl! - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/