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From: bad@flatlin.ka.sub.org (Christoph Badura)
Subject: Re: [BUG?] newfs with bsize = 16 kb ?
Date: Mon, 25 Oct 1993 12:17:52 GMT
Message-ID: <CFGCts.FEB@flatlin.ka.sub.org>
References: <1993Oct23.193511.18122@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE>
Organization: Guru Systems/Funware Department
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In <1993Oct23.193511.18122@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE> wiserner@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Bernd Wiserner) writes:

>[tries to make a filesystem with 16KB blocks, but fails miserable]

Increase MAXBSIZE in /sys/sys/param.h to 16384, recompile and install
the kernel.  After that you have a least a chance that it works.  You
might have to recompile newfs and mkfs too.  If after that it still
doesn't work you have discovered a bug.


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Christoph Badura	bad@flatlin.ka.sub.org		+49 721 606137

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