> fsck_msdosfs. > > I am able to run top at the same time, as as far as I can tell, it doesn't > actually run out of memory - Mem has ~564k free, and Swap has 158mb free at > its lowest when fsck_msdosfs is running. It's an old machine, with 192mb ram, > and 359mb swap. but ulimit's defaults possibly limit memory... check ulimit -a