> Hi all,
>
> I've just got hold of a new cover mag (UK PCW) with a cover CD with a copy
> of Linux-FT lite on it.
>
> On mounting the CD, the kernel gives a message "ISO9660 Extensions:
> RRIP_1991A" and, initially, everything seems OK.
>
> However there is a problem. All symbolic links appear to have 'lost' their
> pointers to the source file. Also, any attempt to access such a link causes
> the kernel to issue a message "kmalloc of too large a block (n bytes)."
> where n is usually > 10MB. An example of this is :-
>
> duncodin:tty1:/cdrom/var# ls -l
> kmalloc of too large a block (56623116 bytes).
> total 20
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 378 Mar 5 15:34 TRANS.TBL*
> drwxr-xr-x 3 adm adm 2048 Mar 5 15:09 adm/
> drwxrwxrwx 3 root root 2048 Mar 5 15:09 catman/
> drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 2048 Mar 5 15:09 lib/
> drwxrwxrwx 2 uucp uucp 2048 Mar 5 15:09 lock/
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 Mar 4 18:06 log ->
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 2048 Mar 5 15:09 run/
> drwxr-xr-x 21 root root 4096 Mar 5 15:09 spool/
> drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 2048 Mar 5 15:09 tmp/
> drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 2048 Mar 5 15:09 yp/
> duncodin:tty1:/cdrom/var# cd log
> kmalloc of too large a block (56623116 bytes).
> kmalloc of too large a block (56623116 bytes).
> bash: log: Too many symbolic links encountered
> duncodin:tty1:/cdrom/var#
>
> Question is, has this CD been written incorrectly, or is there a problem in
> ISO9660_FS??
Same problem here. I think it's related with the last changes in the
iso9660_fs code.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Mike
>
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