On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 06:20:43PM +0200, Robert Millan wrote: > > Attached. Btw, I forgot to mention how did I create the file. This time I > reproduced it with a "dd if=/dev/zero of=tmp bs=32k count=1" file. >
That will blow up instantly with: tmp: Not enough space to build proposed filesystem while setting up superblock I was trying with "dd if=/dev/zero of=tmp bs=1k count=32k" and it works just fine. ty...@closure:/tmp$ dd if=/dev/zero of=tmp bs=1k count=32k 32768+0 records in 32768+0 records out 33554432 bytes (34 MB) copied, 0.756256 s, 44.4 MB/s ty...@closure:/tmp$ /sbin/mke2fs -j tmp mke2fs 1.41.3 (12-Oct-2008) tmp is not a block special device. Proceed anyway? (y,n) y Filesystem label= OS type: Linux Block size=1024 (log=0) Fragment size=1024 (log=0) 8192 inodes, 32768 blocks 1638 blocks (5.00%) reserved for the super user First data block=1 Maximum filesystem blocks=33554432 4 block groups 8192 blocks per group, 8192 fragments per group 2048 inodes per group Superblock backups stored on blocks: 8193, 24577 Writing inode tables: done Creating journal (4096 blocks): done Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done This filesystem will be automatically checked every 36 mounts or 180 days, whichever comes first. Use tune2fs -c or -i to override. I'm not sure what's going on, but I definitely can't reproduce it. - Ted -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org