Re: Harddisc formating
On Wed, Feb 13, 2002 at 12:26:29AM +0100, Hakan Kuecuekyilmaz wrote:
> On Tue, 2002-02-12 at 23:03, Ben Collins wrote:
> > On Tue, Feb 12, 2002 at 10:47:12AM +0100, Hakan Kuecuekyilmaz wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > yesterday I tried to repartition and format my 40GB Harddisc but
> > > for partitions >2GB it says:
> > > 'File size limit exceeded'
> > >
> > > I tried with a Sun Disklabel, with Dos Label, logged in via ssh, made su -
> > > logged in as root, tried ext2 and ext3, - still same error.
> > >
> > > I have a UltraSparc10 with debian/sid 2.4.17 running. Is this a kernel
> > > related 'feature', because the disc was running with a 40GB partition on
> > > ext3 before yesterday.
> >
> > I've no idea why you are getting this. At home, I have a 36gig ext3
> > partition (Ultra30). For Debian's archive server (Ultra60) we have a
> > ~250gig ext2 partition.
> >
> > Exactly how are you trying to do this? What program are you using?
>
> Hi Ben,
>
> following things:
>
> logged in via gdm as user into gnome
> opend a gnome-terminal
> typed 'su -'
> then
> 'fdisk /dev/hdb'
> typed 'o' (kernel does handle it)
> maked some partitions:
Try logging in as root on the terminal. I bet you are getting bitten by
some sort of ulimit. Either that or in gnome-terminal:
exec /bin/login
Ben
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