Hi, Running dselect or apt-get very often gets my hurd box on it's knees. When it's 'Reading Package Lists...' , the system hangs, after giving: ext2fs.static: ../../ext2fs/pager.c:396: file_pager_write_page: Assertion `block' failed. As a workaround, I tried importing /var/lib/apt/ and /var/lib/dpkg via nfs. However, this gives different problems: apt complains about E: Couldn't make mmap of 6291457 bytes - mmap (1073741869 Operation not supported) E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened. My disk is a hda: QUANTUM FIREBALL CR4.3A, ATA DISK drive 4110MB w/418kB Cache, CHS=524/255/63 I partioned it: Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/hda6 508M 199M 283M 42% /gnu , and ran root@stegun:~# mke2fs -v -c -O sparse_super -o hurd /dev/hda6 . Is there a fix for this, or some workaround? Or did I completely miss something? I never have any problems with this disk when running GNU/Linux. Thanks a lot for maintaining the Hurd! Bye, Joost -- Patience: a minor form of despair, disguised as a virtue. The Thinking Man's Dictionary, Kevin Solway
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