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Date:      Mon, 8 Oct 2001 08:52:50 +0600 (YEKST)
From:      "Ilia E. Chipitsine" <ilia@cgu.chel.su>
To:        Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>
Cc:        <questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: md's oddity 
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.33.0110080851190.7191-100000@mail.cgu.chel.su>
In-Reply-To: <15297.3892.110144.826331@guru.mired.org>

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Salut, Mike Meyer !

On Sun, 7 Oct 2001, Mike Meyer wrote:

> Ilia Chipitsine <ilia@cgu.chel.su> types:
> > system (4.4RC) simply hangs when I put more than 20Mb on the md-based
> > disk. It is Ok when I put no more than 20Mb, why ?
> >
> > in kernel configuration file I have:
> >
> > device md
> > options MD_NSECT=120000
>
> Check the md man page. It notes that md disks are "severely limited in

so, why does it hang ?
and why 20Mb limit is so magic ?

> size". To get overcome those limits, you'll have to either use mfs, or
> a pre-loaded md disk.

it is said that md is to replace mfs, isn't it ?

>
> 	<mike
> --
> Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>			http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/
> Q: How do you make the gods laugh?		A: Tell them your plans.
>

regards,
Ilia Chipitsine


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