Re: Harddisc formating

[Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org>]

On Wed, Feb 13, 2002 at 02:02:07AM +0100, Hakan Kuecuekyilmaz wrote:
> 
> > > > 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
> 
> hi,
> 

There's has to be something odd here. There's no way this can happen
under normal circumstances.  What version of e2fsprogs do you have
installed (dpkg -l e2fsprogs)?

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