Date: Tue, 4 Feb 1997 08:40:04 -0800 (PST) From: asami@vader.cs.berkeley.edu (Satoshi Asami) To: freebsd-bugs Subject: Re: bin/2633: fsck -p in /etc/rc fails with cannot alloc nnnn by Message-ID: <199702041640.IAA26953@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/2633; it has been noted by GNATS. From: asami@vader.cs.berkeley.edu (Satoshi Asami) To: Shimon@i-Connect.Net Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: bin/2633: fsck -p in /etc/rc fails with cannot alloc nnnn by Date: Tue, 4 Feb 1997 08:29:25 -0800 (PST) * > > When booting, fsck -p (in /etc/rc) fails with ``cannot alloc * > > nnnn bytes for lncntp'' error, thus makes it impossible to boot into * > > init level 2. This happens consistently for file systems which are * > > about 4GB large. I've seen this before, but not for 4GB disks. More like 40GB. I had to raise the kernel data size limit (MAXDSIZ). * > Does the error go away if you enable swapping before? * * If you look in /etc/rc, you will see that swap -a runs before the fsck. * I do use ccdconfig and have /etc/ccd.conf file. These may be related. You are most likely running out of swap space, although it's hard to believe with 64MB of RAM. How much swap do you have? Satoshi
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