"H . J . Lu" wrote: > > I got > > [root@localhost e2fsprogs-1.26]# ./e2fsck/e2fsck -f /dev/hda1 > e2fsck 1.26 (3-Feb-2002) > Pass 1: Checking inodes, blocks, and sizes > File size limit exceeded > > on Linux/mipsel. /dev/hda1 is a 7GB ext3 partition. e2fsprogs-1.23 > works fine. Strace > > Common problem - it's due to internal API changes in resource limits. You need to ensure that your maximum file size is set to `unlimited'. Kernel is currently applying file size limits to block devices (which is broken) and I think e2fsprogs' attempt to set sile size limits to RLIM_INFINITY gets broken by a consipiracy between the kernel change and glibc headers.
