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, 21 Feb 2001 18:17:44 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 21 Feb 2001 18:17:35 -0500 Received: from m1smtpisp03.wanadoo.es ([62.36.220.63]:5805 "EHLO smtp.wanadoo.es") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 21 Feb 2001 18:17:24 -0500 Message-ID: <3A944C92.60A1E514@wanadoo.es> Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2001 00:17:38 +0100 From: Javi Roman X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.75 [es] (X11; U; Linux 2.2.16-22 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: mke2fs + 8MB + 2.2.5 = hangs Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi: Any weeks ago I asked about problem with program mke2fs. I asked why mke2fs hanged the system (2.2.5-15) from install program in a 4 MB machine (with 16 MB swap memory). Alan Cox answered "its a VM 2.5.5 problem". Well ,I have increased the RAM memory (up to 8 MB) but I obtain the same problem: mke2fs hangs the system with big partitions (no very bigs partitions: 10, 20 MB ...) with 3 MB partiton mke2fs works correctly (I am using a execl function to run mke2fs). With 8 MB memory mke2fs uses swap, so I obtain the same problem? Really is it a 2.2.5 kernel problem? With 2.2.14 kernel (for instance) my installation program would work? I have not probed a higer kernel because I have any compiled drivers (I have not sources) for 2.2.5-15 kernel. I don't know if it's a kernel problem or a install program problem. (I have a 4MB machine with RedHat 6.2 with 2.2.5-15 kernel and mk2efs work fine with partition over 100MB???) I don't understand. Any idea?