>
>> I don't know if this is a bug in the kernel or mke2fs, but ever since
>> about 2.0.2x (my first kernels), mke2fs (v1.10) reports that it can't get
>> a free page while writing inode tables, stops for a while (10-70 secs)
>> then keeps going, or most of the time I have to start a new program on
>> another VC to get it going again. /proc/meminfo reports 10Mb in buffers
>> and 384k free memory. I am currently running 2.0.31-pre6. This, 90% of
>> the time, happens with partitions > ~200Mb.
>>
>> I have a iP166, 24Mb RAM, 2 EIDE & 1 SCSI-1 HDD's
>
>Stupid question: Do you have add swap space before running mke2fs?
>I've never seen such a massage with 2.0.29 or pre-2.0.31-2 and
>more than 4Mb RAM.
>
System details:
(above)
98Mb Swap
AHA-2940U SCSI-Host
1.2Gb EIDE, 365Mb Mode3 IDE, 1.0 Gb SCSI
Giga-Byte GA-586ATM/P M/B
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