Re: Harddisc formating

[Hakan Kuecuekyilmaz <hakan@lisas.de>]

> > > 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,

did  control+alt F1 to get to a terminal (tty1)
logged in as root

same error message,
when i say 'ulimit -c unlimited' and make a
mke2fs -j /dev/hdb1 it says

File size limit exceeded (core dump)
hmm?

regards
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