Date: Mon, 12 May 1997 22:04:17 -0600 From: "Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@plutotech.com> To: "Brian N. Handy" <handy@sag.space.lockheed.com> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: newfs hangs my system? Message-ID: <199705130305.VAA12333@pluto.plutotech.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 12 May 1997 16:53:45 PDT." <Pine.OSF.3.96.970512164812.12315A-100000@sag.space.lockheed.com>
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>lambic:~ [12]->newfs -b 8192 -f 1024 /dev/ccd0c /a > I haven't tried to verify it yet, but my guess is that newfs'ing the block device causes some kind of buffer deadlock if the partition is large enough. Can you newfs the raw partition? -- Justin T. Gibbs =========================================== FreeBSD: Turning PCs into workstations ===========================================
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