Date: Fri, 31 Jan 1997 18:54:38 -0800 (PST) From: shimon@i-connect.net To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: bin/2633: fsck -p in /etc/rc fails with cannot alloc nnnn bytes for lncntp Message-ID: <199702010254.SAA16247@sendero.i-connect.net> Resent-Message-ID: <199702010200.SAA28347@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 2633 >Category: bin >Synopsis: fsck -p in /etc/rc fails with cannot alloc nnnn bytes for lncntp >Confidential: yes >Severity: serious >Priority: high >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Fri Jan 31 18:00:01 PST 1997 >Last-Modified: >Originator: Simon Shapiro >Organization: Atlas Telecom >Release: FreeBSD 2.2-BETA_A i386 >Environment: P6-200, 64MB RAM, 32GB disk on AHA-2940w >Description: When booting, fsck -p (in /etc/rc) fails with ``cannot alloc nnnn bytes for lncntp'' error, thus makes it impossible to boot into init level 2. This happens consistently for file systems which are about 4GB large. Does not seem to happen on smaller ones. Reports for more sever behavior under SMP kernels. >How-To-Repeat: Create a file system $GB or more in size Boot the system and enjoy. >Fix: Workaround: Comment out the fsck -p in /etc/rc and pray. >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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