Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1998 17:03:08 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Mark Turpin <mturpin@saturn.spel.com> Cc: Alpha Mailing list <alpha@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: 3.0-19981208-SNAP - Boot problem Message-ID: <199901010103.RAA00752@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 29 Dec 1998 20:28:37 EST." <Pine.BSF.4.05.9812292020450.3129-100000@saturn.spel.com>
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> > As I posted earlier I get the following error on my multia. > > insufficent dynamic memory for a request of 3275342649 bytes > > So, I've done some checking and it seems to me that in > /usr/src/sys/boot/alpha/boot1/sys.c fs->fs_bsize is REALLY big. Large > enough to give the above error (3GB). > > If I compile boot.c with #define DEBUG it will lockup in devread > on puthex(size). devread is called from find() in sys.c like this: > > devread(iobuf, fsbtodb(fs, ino_to_fsba(fs, ino)) + boff, fs->fs_bsize_); > > Am I doing something stupid to cause this? I can only see this happening if the read is corrupted (you get lots of floppy noise on the Multia), or the disk/filesystem is busted. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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