Re: low memory

From: Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Date: Sat Feb 03 2001 - 13:10:21 EST


> - kernel image (2.2.5-15) : 301 KB (I can`t make it smaller).
>
> "install" program executes "mke2fs /dev/hda1" where /dev/hda1 partition
> has 500MB.
> So in the step: "Writing inode tables: 6/63" the system hang.

Known problem with older 2.2 kernels. There are some VM things involved where
it fails to make progress and hangs. Its also occasionally seen in installers
with older 2.2

-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/



This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Wed Feb 07 2001 - 21:00:18 EST