Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 15 Apr 1996 07:58:50 +0000 (GMT) | From | Eugenio Jimenez Yguacel <> | Subject | Re: ISO9660_FS Query (under 1.3.88) |
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On Sun, 14 Apr 1996, Mike Civil wrote:
> 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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