[freebsd-current] re: fsck_4.2bsd: cannot alloc 4294967292

[Tuc at T-B-O-H.NET]

> > 	Looks like matches all around. (And yes, I SHA256'd too)
> > 
> > 	:-/ So now where?
> 
> Did you use a block size argument to "dd"?  If so, what was it?
> 
> I'm wondering if the USB stick goes wonky with lots of small (512 byte)
> reads instead of lots of big reads which is what might have happened
> with dd.  
> 
> There could also be some weird interaction with mixed reads and
> writes, but I have no ideas on how to test that
> 
Hi,

	The blocksize was 1024. Block count was 1024 also.

	Theres probably something in the benchmark ports that could
do that, but I'm not sure it would prove anything. I ended up setting up
another machine with a fresh install of 7.0 also from the same install media.
The only differences between the system I'm having issues with and this
system is because the system having problems is a Soekris I compiled a
special version with SOEKRIS/GEODE in it, and it also has kernel debugging
and firewall. 

	I then installed perl and squid 2.X onto this new machine (Squid
needs perl). I put the stick on the system, mounted it, and did a "squid -z"
on the system. It formatted fine. That was the same command I was trying
on the Soekris which ended up causing the kernel panic. 
( http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=kern/122380 ) Unfortunately
no one has looked at that yet.

		Tuc