From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Oct 7 19:53: 8 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from icc.cgu.chel.su (gw.csu.ru [195.54.14.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5795537B406 for ; Sun, 7 Oct 2001 19:53:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.cgu.chel.su (mail.cgu.chel.su [195.54.14.68]) by icc.cgu.chel.su (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id f982qpP53399 (using TLSv1/SSLv3 with cipher EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA (168 bits) verified NO); Mon, 8 Oct 2001 08:52:52 +0600 (YEKST) (envelope-from ilia@cgu.chel.su) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.cgu.chel.su (8.11.6/8.11.2) with ESMTP id f982qoq07216; Mon, 8 Oct 2001 08:52:50 +0600 (YEKST) (envelope-from ilia@cgu.chel.su) Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2001 08:52:50 +0600 (YEKST) From: "Ilia E. Chipitsine" To: Mike Meyer Cc: Subject: Re: md's oddity In-Reply-To: <15297.3892.110144.826331@guru.mired.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Salut, Mike Meyer ! On Sun, 7 Oct 2001, Mike Meyer wrote: > Ilia Chipitsine 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 Meyer http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ > Q: How do you make the gods laugh? A: Tell them your plans. > regards, Ilia Chipitsine To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message