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Date:      Thu, 17 Feb 2005 14:17:53 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com>
To:        Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com>
Cc:        "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" <chad@shire.net>
Subject:   Re: newfs limits? 10TB filesystem max?
Message-ID:  <20050217141542.L49950@carver.gumbysoft.com>
In-Reply-To: <42151059.30107@centtech.com>
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On Thu, 17 Feb 2005, Eric Anderson wrote:

> >>>> 23438338720,newfs: wtfs: 65536 bytes at sector 23438715040: Cannot
> >>>> allocate memory
> > check the *process limits* is what Brooks was suggesting.  Not the
> > system actual resources...
>
> Well, I guess I'm wondering how it could be hitting any limit?  Which
> limit would I be looking at, if it's memory usage is so low.. Sorry if
> I'm missing something here, but it just doesn't seem evident that a
> process could be hitting a limit, if it isn't showing anything close in
> ps output or top..

MAXDSIZ probably.  Put this in /boot/loader.conf, reboot, then try your
newfs:

kern.maxdsiz=1073741824
kern.dfldsiz=1073741824

That should give newfs 1GB to play with.

-- 
Doug White                    |  FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
dwhite@gumbysoft.com          |  www.FreeBSD.org



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