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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?

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Justin T. Gibbs
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