From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 10 12:48:09 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B5AAC1065670; Thu, 10 Apr 2008 12:48:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ml@t-b-o-h.net) Received: from vjofn.tucs-beachin-obx-house.com (vjofn-pt.tunnel.tserv1.fmt.ipv6.he.net [IPv6:2001:470:1f00:ffff::5e5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F6D98FC13; Thu, 10 Apr 2008 12:48:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ml@t-b-o-h.net) Received: from himinbjorg.tucs-beachin-obx-house.com ([208.45.246.58]) (authenticated bits=0) by vjofn.tucs-beachin-obx-house.com (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m3AClvC4085495; Thu, 10 Apr 2008 08:48:08 -0400 (EDT) Received: from himinbjorg.tucs-beachin-obx-house.com (localhost.tucs-beachin-obx-house.com [127.0.0.1]) by himinbjorg.tucs-beachin-obx-house.com (8.13.8/8.13.6) with ESMTP id m3AClkur032271; Thu, 10 Apr 2008 08:47:47 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from ml@t-b-o-h.net) Received: (from tbohml@localhost) by himinbjorg.tucs-beachin-obx-house.com (8.13.8/8.13.6/Submit) id m3AClk2r032270; Thu, 10 Apr 2008 08:47:46 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from tbohml) From: "Tuc at T-B-O-H.NET" Message-Id: <200804101247.m3AClk2r032270@himinbjorg.tucs-beachin-obx-house.com> To: gpalmer@freebsd.org (Gary Palmer) Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 08:47:46 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <20080410032927.GB97739@in-addr.com> X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL8] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Peter Jeremy , freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [freebsd-current] re: fsck_4.2bsd: cannot alloc 4294967292 X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 12:48:09 -0000 > > Looks like matches all around. (And yes, I SHA256'd too) > > > > :-/ So now where? > > Did you use a block size argument to "dd"? If so, what was it? > > I'm wondering if the USB stick goes wonky with lots of small (512 byte) > reads instead of lots of big reads which is what might have happened > with dd. > > There could also be some weird interaction with mixed reads and > writes, but I have no ideas on how to test that > Hi, The blocksize was 1024. Block count was 1024 also. Theres probably something in the benchmark ports that could do that, but I'm not sure it would prove anything. I ended up setting up another machine with a fresh install of 7.0 also from the same install media. The only differences between the system I'm having issues with and this system is because the system having problems is a Soekris I compiled a special version with SOEKRIS/GEODE in it, and it also has kernel debugging and firewall. I then installed perl and squid 2.X onto this new machine (Squid needs perl). I put the stick on the system, mounted it, and did a "squid -z" on the system. It formatted fine. That was the same command I was trying on the Soekris which ended up causing the kernel panic. ( http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=kern/122380 ) Unfortunately no one has looked at that yet. Tuc