Re: Filesize limit exceeded on ext3
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On 11/16/07 10:36, André Wendt wrote:
> Ron Johnson wrote:
>> On 11/16/07 09:04, André Wendt wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>> I'm running a benchmark program on Lenny that writes into a file and
>>> repeatedly exits once the filesize reaches 2,099,204 bytes. This is on ext3.
>>> $ ulimit -f
>>> unlimited
>>> $ uname -a
>>> Linux think 2.6.22-2-686 #1 SMP Fri Aug 31 00:24:01 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux
>>> This doesn't seem to be a problem for other programs. I have a
>>> VirtualBox snapshot as large as 2,587,808 bytes.
>>> Any hints as to what's going on? Please CC me, I'm not on the list.
>> 2 megabytes? Computers have been able to create 2MB files for 40 years.
>
> Ah, thanks for mentioning that. Of course it's 2 *GB*, the sizes are in
> *kilobytes*. I didn't realize 'til I read 'man du'.
>
>> So, why are you blaming ext3 when there is *obviously* some other
>> explanation?
>>
>> Like running out of room on the device.
>
> I don't think so:
>
> $ df -h | grep home
> /dev/hda7 27G 21G 5,0G 81% /home
>
> The message in the subject is what I get before the program exists. It
> would be different if there's no space.
What benchmark? Can we run it?
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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA
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