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Subject: Re: fsck_msdosfs failing
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> fsck_msdosfs.
>
> I am able to run top at the same time, as as far as I can tell, it doesn't 
> actually run out of memory - Mem has ~564k free, and Swap has 158mb free at 
> its lowest when fsck_msdosfs is running. It's an old machine, with 192mb ram, 
> and 359mb swap.

but ulimit's defaults possibly limit memory...
check ulimit -a