Hi, On Thu, Feb 28, 2002 at 08:26:13AM +1100, Adam Cassar wrote: > Hi Guys, > > When I try to create an ext3 journal on a new fs, I receive the > following error. This is all under Kernel v2.4.17 and e2fs tools v1.25: > > File size limit exceeded You have probably got user limits running on the account: type "ulimit -a" under bash ("limit" on csh) to see the limits in force. In particular, you'll probably see a max file size limit. That's a local login shell configuration issue. --Stephen