From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 17 22:17:53 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 99DD616A4CE for ; Thu, 17 Feb 2005 22:17:53 +0000 (GMT) Received: from carver.gumbysoft.com (carver.gumbysoft.com [66.220.23.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B8EB43D1F for ; Thu, 17 Feb 2005 22:17:53 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dwhite@gumbysoft.com) Received: by carver.gumbysoft.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 486F572DD4; Thu, 17 Feb 2005 14:17:53 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by carver.gumbysoft.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4351A72DCB; Thu, 17 Feb 2005 14:17:53 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 14:17:53 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White To: Eric Anderson In-Reply-To: <42151059.30107@centtech.com> Message-ID: <20050217141542.L49950@carver.gumbysoft.com> References: <20050216215325.9201.qmail@web26805.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> <4213C1FB.6030802@centtech.com> <20050216225528.GB2787@odin.ac.hmc.edu> <4213D099.3020504@centtech.com> <20050216230709.GA22840@odin.ac.hmc.edu> <4214F538.30409@centtech.com> <20050217195559.GA6201@odin.ac.hmc.edu> <42150AB1.9010800@centtech.com> <42151059.30107@centtech.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: FreeBSD Current cc: "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" Subject: Re: newfs limits? 10TB filesystem max? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 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, 17 Feb 2005 22:17:53 -0000 On Thu, 17 Feb 2005, Eric Anderson wrote: > >>>> 23438338720,newfs: wtfs: 65536 bytes at sector 23438715040: Cannot > >>>> allocate memory > > check the *process limits* is what Brooks was suggesting. Not the > > system actual resources... > > Well, I guess I'm wondering how it could be hitting any limit? Which > limit would I be looking at, if it's memory usage is so low.. Sorry if > I'm missing something here, but it just doesn't seem evident that a > process could be hitting a limit, if it isn't showing anything close in > ps output or top.. MAXDSIZ probably. Put this in /boot/loader.conf, reboot, then try your newfs: kern.maxdsiz=1073741824 kern.dfldsiz=1073741824 That should give newfs 1GB to play with. -- Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.org