--- b h <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- b h <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- Tom Cosgrove > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > >>> b h 31-Dec-05 04:05 >>> > > > : > > > > then, when I press RETURN and attempt to > > > > > > > > # fsck_ffs /dev/rsd0a > > > > ** /dev/rsd0a > > > > cannot alloc 36537985 bytes for typemap > > > > # > > > > > > > > while dmesg also says I have: > > > > > > > > real mem = 1072472064 (1047336K) > > > > avail mem = 972025756 (949244K) > > > > > > This message comes from setup() in > > > /usr/src/sbin/fsck_ffs/setup.c, > > > after it has performed a lot of other > allocations. > > > > > > How big is the partition on this disk? How full > > is > > > it? You probably > > > do need to put more memory in the machine to > fsck > > > this disk. > > > > > > See FAQ 14.7 > > > > > > (http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq14.html#LargeDrive), > > > under > > > "fsck(8) time and memory requirements". > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > Tom > > > > > > > Hi Tom, > > thanks for the reply. I'm sorry I didn't attach > > disklabel. It is one partition. So it's > advertised > > as a 300GB usb drive, the partition is roughly > that > > size. But I have 1GB of memory in the machine > (and > > it > > looks like it's all being detected as described > > earlier in dmesg). And I had read the time and > > memory > > requirements, and the rule of thumb is 1MB (of > > available) RAM for 1GB of disk, which I believe I > > have > > covered a few times over. I made sure of this > when > > I > > created the obscenely large partition a year ago. > I > > do > > believe it is fairly full. sd0a is the only > > partition > > that is not coming up clean as also described > > before. > > I don't mind waiting for really long fsck times, > > therefore I thought I could get away with the > large > > partitions. Any other ideas/analysis? thanks > > > > I'll type in a copy of my fstab.... > > /dev/wd0a / ffs rw 1 1 > > /dev/wd0h /home ffs rw,nodev,nosuid 1 2 > > /dev/wd0d /tmp ffs rw,nodev,nosuid 1 2 > > /dev/wd0g /usr ffs rw,nodev 1 2 > > /dev/wd0e /var ffs rw,nodev,nosuid 1 2 > > /dev/wd0i /data ffs rw,nodev,nosuid 1 2 > > /dev/wd1a /mnt/data1 ffs rw,nodev,nosuid 1 2 > > /dev/wd2a /mnt/data2 ffs rw,nodev,nosuid 1 2 > > /dev/wd3a /mnt/data3 ffs rw,nodev,nosuid 1 2 > > /dev/sd0a /mnt/data4 ffs rw,nodev,nosuid 1 2 > > > > > > and the disklabel on sd0a says (pardon any typo > > mistakes pls) > > > > type: SCSI > > disk: SCSI disk > > label: OneTouch II > > flags: > > byles/sector: 512 > > sectors/track: 32 > > tracks/cylinder: 64 > > sectors/cylinder: 2048 > > cylinders: 286188 > > total sectors: 586114704 > > rpm: 3600 > > interleave: 1 > > trackskew: 0 > > cylinderskew: 0 > > headswitch: 0 # microseconds > > track-to-track seek: 0 # microseconds > > drivedata: 0 > > > > # size offset fstype [fsize bsize > cpg] > > a: 586112992 32 4.2BSD 2048 16384 323 # > > Cyl > > 0*-286187 > > c: 586114704 0 unused 0 0 # > > Cyl > > 0 -286188* > > > > > Hi, > > I still haven't heard back anything on this problem > I > was having. I did end up reinstalling, to get the > complete OS loaded, then fsck'd it from there. > However, I'd like to understand what I was doing > wrong, since I assume it was due to my probs. > > I couldn't fsck the drive with it plugged in (see > original msg) > I couldn't boot the machine without the USB drive > plugged in, it still said file system was not clean. > I used ed (my skills in that are very limited), but > I > managed to get "noauto" added to that filesystem to > see if I could get past it in booting. No luck > there > either > I used ed, and changed the "2" to a "1" for fsck > order, (since all the other filesystems on "2" are > also very large (even though they were all marked > clean). This did not fix the problem, still, with a > "1" for fsck order, it stopped with the same > original > error. > > So, the only way I got by it was reinstalling, which > makes me think there had to have been a better way, > likely something very small I was missing. > > Anyone can help me out in case it happens again in > the > future? > thanks > b >
D'oh, now that I have a booted, working system, I should have included this in the last email: OpenBSD 3.8-current (GENERIC) #532: Fri Dec 30 20:57:40 MST 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC cpu0: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz ("GenuineIntel" 686-class) 3 GHz cpu0: FPU,V86,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUSH,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,SBF,CN XT-ID real mem = 1072472064 (1047336K) avail mem = 971927552 (949148K) using 4278 buffers containing 53727232 bytes (52468K) of memory mainbus0 (root) bios0 at mainbus0: AT/286+(00) BIOS, date 06/12/03, BIOS32 rev. 0 @ 0xf0010 apm0 at bios0: Power Management spec V1.2 apm0: AC on, battery charge unknown apm0: flags 30102 dobusy 0 doidle 1 pcibios0 at bios0: rev 2.1 @ 0xf0000/0x10000 pcibios0: PCI IRQ Routing Table rev 1.0 @ 0xf53d0/240 (13 entries) pcibios0: PCI Interrupt Router at 000:31:0 ("Intel 82801EB/ER LPC" rev 0x00) pcibios0: PCI bus #3 is the last bus bios0: ROM list: 0xc0000/0xd000! 0xcd000/0x1800 cpu0 at mainbus0 pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0: configuration mode 1 (no bios) pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 "Intel 82875P Host" rev 0x02 ppb0 at pci0 dev 1 function 0 "Intel 82875P AGP" rev 0x02 pci1 at ppb0 bus 1 vga1 at pci1 dev 0 function 0 "ATI Radeon 9800 Pro" rev 0x00 wsdisplay0 at vga1 mux 1: console (80x25, vt100 emulation) wsdisplay0: screen 1-5 added (80x25, vt100 emulation) "ATI Radeon 9800 Pro Sec" rev 0x00 at pci1 dev 0 function 1 not configured ppb1 at pci0 dev 3 function 0 "Intel 82875P PCI-CSA" rev 0x02 pci2 at ppb1 bus 2 em0 at pci2 dev 1 function 0 "Intel PRO/1000CT (82547EI)" rev 0x00: irq 5, address 00:0c:6e:6e:f9:74 uhci0 at pci0 dev 29 function 0 "Intel 82801EB/ER USB" rev 0x02: irq 10 usb0 at uhci0: USB revision 1.0 uhub0 at usb0 uhub0: Intel UHCI root hub, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1 uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered uhci1 at pci0 dev 29 function 1 "Intel 82801EB/ER USB" rev 0x02: irq 10 usb1 at uhci1: USB revision 1.0 uhub1 at usb1 uhub1: Intel UHCI root hub, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1 uhub1: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered uhci2 at pci0 dev 29 function 2 "Intel 82801EB/ER USB" rev 0x02: irq 5 usb2 at uhci2: USB revision 1.0 uhub2 at usb2 uhub2: Intel UHCI root hub, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1 uhub2: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered uhci3 at pci0 dev 29 function 3 "Intel 82801EB/ER USB" rev 0x02: irq 10 usb3 at uhci3: USB revision 1.0 uhub3 at usb3 uhub3: Intel UHCI root hub, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1 uhub3: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered ehci0 at pci0 dev 29 function 7 "Intel 82801EB/ER USB2" rev 0x02: irq 11 ehci0: timed out waiting for BIOS usb4 at ehci0: USB revision 2.0 uhub4 at usb4 uhub4: Intel EHCI root hub, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 1 uhub4: 8 ports with 8 removable, self powered ppb2 at pci0 dev 30 function 0 "Intel 82801BA AGP" rev 0xc2 pci3 at ppb2 bus 3 "VIA VT6306 FireWire" rev 0x80 at pci3 dev 3 function 0 not configured "Ralink RT2460A" rev 0x00 at pci3 dev 13 function 0 not configured ichpcib0 at pci0 dev 31 function 0 "Intel 82801EB/ER LPC" rev 0x02 pciide0 at pci0 dev 31 function 1 "Intel 82801EB/ER IDE" rev 0x02: DMA, channel 0 configured to compatibility, channel 1 con figured to compatibility wd0 at pciide0 channel 0 drive 0: <WDC WD1200BB-00CAA0> wd0: 16-sector PIO, LBA, 114473MB, 234441648 sectors wd1 at pciide0 channel 0 drive 1: <Maxtor 96147H8> wd1: 16-sector PIO, LBA, 58623MB, 120060864 sectors wd0(pciide0:0:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 5 wd1(pciide0:0:1): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 5 atapiscsi0 at pciide0 channel 1 drive 0 scsibus0 at atapiscsi0: 2 targets cd0 at scsibus0 targ 0 lun 0: <ATAPI, CD-RW 40X12, V.MW> SCSI0 5/cdrom removable cd0(pciide0:1:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 2 pciide1 at pci0 dev 31 function 2 "Intel 82801EB SATA" rev 0x02: DMA, channel 0 configured to native-PCI, channel 1 configur ed to native-PCI pciide1: using irq 5 for native-PCI interrupt wd2 at pciide1 channel 0 drive 0: <ST3400832AS> wd2: 16-sector PIO, LBA48, 381554MB, 781422768 sectors wd2(pciide1:0:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 5 wd3 at pciide1 channel 1 drive 0: <ST3400832AS> wd3: 16-sector PIO, LBA48, 381554MB, 781422768 sectors wd3(pciide1:1:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 5 ichiic0 at pci0 dev 31 function 3 "Intel 82801EB/ER SMBus" rev 0x02: irq 5 iic0 at ichiic0 lm1 at iic0 addr 0x2f: W83791D lm1: satellites at addr 0x49 and addr 0x48 auich0 at pci0 dev 31 function 5 "Intel 82801EB/ER AC97" rev 0x02: irq 5, ICH5 AC97 ac97: codec id 0x41445375 (Analog Devices AD1985) ac97: codec features headphone, 20 bit DAC, No 3D Stereo audio0 at auich0 isa0 at ichpcib0 isadma0 at isa0 pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60/5 pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot) pckbc0: using irq 1 for kbd slot wskbd0 at pckbd0: console keyboard, using wsdisplay0 pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61 midi0 at pcppi0: <PC speaker> spkr0 at pcppi0 sysbeep0 at pcppi0 lpt0 at isa0 port 0x378/4 irq 7 lm0 at isa0 port 0x290/8: W83627THF npx0 at isa0 port 0xf0/16: using exception 16 pccom0 at isa0 port 0x3f8/8 irq 4: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo pccom1 at isa0 port 0x2f8/8 irq 3: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo fdc0 at isa0 port 0x3f0/6 irq 6 drq 2 biomask ff65 netmask ff65 ttymask ffe7 pctr: user-level cycle counter enabled umass0 at uhub4 port 4 configuration 1 interface 0 umass0: Maxtor OneTouch II, rev 2.00/2.03, addr 2 umass0: using SCSI over Bulk-Only scsibus1 at umass0: 2 targets sd0 at scsibus1 targ 1 lun 0: <Maxtor, OneTouch II, 023g> SCSI4 0/direct fixed sd0: 286188MB, 286188 cyl, 64 head, 32 sec, 512 bytes/sec, 586114704 sec total dkcsum: wd0 matches BIOS drive 0x80 dkcsum: wd1 matches BIOS drive 0x81 dkcsum: wd2 matches BIOS drive 0x82 dkcsum: wd3 matches BIOS drive 0x83 dkcsum: sd0 matches BIOS drive 0x84 root on wd0a rootdev=0x0 rrootdev=0x300 rawdev=0x302 umass1 at uhub4 port 3 configuration 1 interface 0 umass1: PLEXTOR Corp. 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