From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 3 Feb 2001 13:09:39 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 3 Feb 2001 13:09:29 -0500 Received: from router-100M.swansea.linux.org.uk ([194.168.151.17]:43531 "EHLO the-village.bc.nu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sat, 3 Feb 2001 13:09:18 -0500 Subject: Re: low memory To: javiroman@wanadoo.es (Javi Roman) Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2001 18:10:21 +0000 (GMT) Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <3A7C485F.15BC3FF9@wanadoo.es> from "Javi Roman" at Feb 03, 2001 07:05:19 PM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL1] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: From: Alan Cox Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > - kernel image (2.2.5-15) : 301 KB (I can`t make it smaller). > > "install" program executes "mke2fs /dev/hda1" where /dev/hda1 partition > has 500MB. > So in the step: "Writing inode tables: 6/63" the system hang. Known problem with older 2.2 kernels. There are some VM things involved where it fails to make progress and hangs. Its also occasionally seen in installers with older 2.2 - 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/