Subject: RE: NetBSD current out of memory using tape drive
To: None <ragge@ludd.luth.se>
From: Scott R. Burns <Scott.Burns@Netcontech.Com>
List: tech-kern
Date: 04/06/2004 22:08:55
Console tape on an 11/750 running VMS V3.7 if I remember my "first time"
correctly.


Scott R. Burns
NETCON Technologies Inc.
Scott.Burns@Netcontech.Com
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From: tech-kern-owner@NetBSD.org [mailto:tech-kern-owner@NetBSD.org]On
Behalf Of ragge@ludd.luth.se
Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2004 9:11 AM
To: Wojciech Puchar
Cc: Stefan Wurstbauer; tech-kern@NetBSD.org
Subject: Re: NetBSD current out of memory using tape drive


> > Hi,
> >
> > here's a new view on my latest tape drive problem.
> > It I use the amanda tool amtapetype -f /dev/nst0 on my system, after a
> > while I can't start any new processes. I got some errors like "cannot
> > fork" "out of memory" or I totally hangs.
> >
> > Increasing the limits of datasize, stacksize or openfiles solves the
> > problem just for a few minutes.
> 
> you should use nrst0 - raw tape drive
> 
> anyway - i don't know what's tape block device for these days.
> 
Well, it was not so many years ago I used a tape as mounted filesystem :-)

-- Ragge