Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 15 Apr 1996 14:32:24 +0100 (BST) | From | Bryn Paul Arnold Jones <> | Subject | Re: ISO9660_FS Query (under 1.3.88) |
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On Sun, 14 Apr 1996, Mike Civil wrote:
> Hi all, > [...] > 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?? > > Mike > I get this too, it's with my RedHat 3.0.3 cdrom, that used to work, so it's a isofs (aka iso9660) problem. There were some changes to the isofs code a couple of releases ago, so .... I also get the 'kmalloc of too large a block (verylarge n bytes)' the number id of the order of hundreds of Mb's. I stuck a ls -l on the end of this message.
Bryn PS the numbers are (all Mb) >224, >224, >224, >608, >48, >224, >112, >48. >>>---> Cut Here <---<<< root@gytha:/mnt/cdrom# ls -l kmalloc of too large a block (234953286 bytes). kmalloc of too large a block (234953286 bytes). kmalloc of too large a block (234953286 bytes). kmalloc of too large a block (638456578 bytes). kmalloc of too large a block (50344299 bytes). kmalloc of too large a block (234953286 bytes). kmalloc of too large a block (117466468 bytes). kmalloc of too large a block (50344555 bytes). total 108 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 19000 Mar 4 21:15 COPYING -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5197 Mar 4 21:31 README -r--r--r-- 1 root root 1031 Mar 4 19:12 RPM-PGP-KEY drwxrwxr-x 7 root root 2048 Mar 6 17:53 RedHat/ -r--r--r-- 1 root root 1534 Mar 6 18:11 TRANS.TBL lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 Feb 19 19:37 bin -> drwxrwxr-x 2 root root 2048 Mar 6 16:26 bootdisk/ dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 2048 Mar 2 20:52 cdrom/ lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 Mar 1 20:37 dev -> drwxrwxr-x 6 root root 2048 Feb 27 20:21 doc/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 2048 Feb 28 19:29 dosutils/ lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 Feb 19 19:38 etc -> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 2048 Jul 4 1995 floppy/ lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1 Feb 19 19:38 image -> drwxrwxr-x 6 root root 2048 Mar 4 22:02 images/ lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 Feb 19 19:41 lib -> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 2048 Jul 4 1995 mnt/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 2048 Jul 4 1995 proc/ drwxrwxr-x 3 root root 2048 Mar 1 20:37 ramdisk/ -rwxrwxr-x 1 root root 38658 Mar 2 17:17 redhat.exe* -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 967 Feb 13 20:08 redhat.pif dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 2048 Mar 6 18:11 rr_moved/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Mar 6 16:34 sbin/ lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 Feb 19 19:41 tmp -> drwxrwxr-x 9 root root 2048 Mar 6 18:06 trees/ lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 Feb 27 21:21 upgrade -> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 Feb 19 19:41 usr -> drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 2048 Jul 4 1995 var/ -- PGP key pass phrase forgotten, \ Overload -- core meltdown sequence again :( | initiated. / This space is intentionally left | blank, apart from this text ;-) \____________________________________
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