From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <3b96dd717a3ca008e09222181bf30540@caldo.demon.co.uk> To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] venti+fossil woes From: Charles Forsyth In-Reply-To: <20031114234303.GE834@cassie.foobarbaz.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="upas-zxvcjsgpignaojditsefhbzsfx" Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2003 00:17:38 +0000 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 8a59218a-eacc-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --upas-zxvcjsgpignaojditsefhbzsfx Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit i know you did that, but i suppose i meant: in the code of one or both of them, somewhere it stores a value shorter than it ought to be, and it's only noticed when allocation moves into the given region. how big are the various partitions? --upas-zxvcjsgpignaojditsefhbzsfx Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-path: <9fans-admin@cse.psu.edu> Received: from punt-3.mail.demon.net by mailstore for forsyth@caldo.demon.co.uk id 1AKncD-0001Yc-FI; Fri, 14 Nov 2003 23:44:37 +0000 Received: from [130.203.4.6] (helo=mail.cse.psu.edu) by punt-3.mail.demon.net with esmtp id 1AKncD-0001Yc-FI for forsyth@caldo.demon.co.uk; Fri, 14 Nov 2003 23:44:37 +0000 Received: by mail.cse.psu.edu (CSE Mail Server, from userid 60001) id E488619BD7; Fri, 14 Nov 2003 18:44:32 -0500 (EST) Received: from psuvax1.cse.psu.edu (psuvax1.cse.psu.edu [130.203.16.6]) by mail.cse.psu.edu (CSE Mail Server) with ESMTP id B2F7A19BD2; Fri, 14 Nov 2003 18:44:11 -0500 (EST) X-Original-To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Delivered-To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Received: by mail.cse.psu.edu (CSE Mail Server, from userid 60001) id B7D3219BCF; Fri, 14 Nov 2003 18:43:16 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail.foobarbaz.net (unknown [216.218.196.232]) by mail.cse.psu.edu (CSE Mail Server) with ESMTP id 23B5219AEF for <9fans@cse.psu.edu>; Fri, 14 Nov 2003 18:43:05 -0500 (EST) Received: by mail.foobarbaz.net (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 614F866B45; Fri, 14 Nov 2003 15:43:03 -0800 (PST) From: Christopher Nielsen To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] venti+fossil woes Message-ID: <20031114234303.GE834@cassie.foobarbaz.net> References: <20031114231842.GC834@cassie.foobarbaz.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.3i Sender: 9fans-admin@cse.psu.edu Errors-To: 9fans-admin@cse.psu.edu X-BeenThere: 9fans@cse.psu.edu X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu X-Reply-To: cnielsen@pobox.com List-Id: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans.cse.psu.edu> List-Archive: Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2003 15:43:03 -0800 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.5 required=5.0 tests=EMAIL_ATTRIBUTION,IN_REP_TO,REFERENCES,REPLY_WITH_QUOTES, USER_AGENT_MUTT version=2.55 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.55 (1.174.2.19-2003-05-19-exp) On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 11:37:55PM +0000, Charles Forsyth wrote: > > i wonder whether something in the mix can't cope > correctly with a disc that size it's been coping just fine for the last three months. the first disc of arenas is 167G, too. before i wrote the 48-bit lba support for the ata driver, it wouldn't recognise the upper part of the disc. -- Christopher Nielsen "They who can give up essential liberty for temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." --Benjamin Franklin --upas-zxvcjsgpignaojditsefhbzsfx--