From owner-freebsd-bugs Sat Mar 14 20:40:36 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA08654 for freebsd-bugs-outgoing; Sat, 14 Mar 1998 20:40:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from sasami.jurai.net (winter@sasami.jurai.net [207.153.65.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA08604 for ; Sat, 14 Mar 1998 20:40:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from winter@jurai.net) Received: from localhost (winter@localhost) by sasami.jurai.net (8.8.8/8.8.7) with SMTP id XAA26181; Sat, 14 Mar 1998 23:40:06 -0500 (EST) Date: Sat, 14 Mar 1998 23:40:05 -0500 (EST) From: "Matthew N. Dodd" To: Gene Skonicki cc: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Subject: Re: bin/4975:quotaonwhileserververybusycauseslockup/reboot In-Reply-To: <199803150424.XAA16383@roundtable.cif.rochester.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sat, 14 Mar 1998, Gene Skonicki wrote: > Let em clarify. I normally activate quotas at bootup (I was messing > with things a bit when I produced the error the first time). However, I > have also seen panic tracebacks that come through ffs_write() whihc > indicates to me some unpleasant implications. Otherwise, I wouldn't > have a problem simply turning quotas on. I really would liek to > reproduce this, but I can't very wel afford to on this machine---too > many simultaneous and demands on it, etc. I'll beat on my test box a bit but under normal operations I've -never- seen quotas cause a problem past 2.1R. Before that period I experienced some of the problems you are talking about. You aren't enableing quota on the root fs are? /* Matthew N. Dodd | A memory retaining a love you had for life winter@jurai.net | As cruel as it seems nothing ever seems to http://www.jurai.net/~winter | go right - FLA M 3.1:53 */ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message