Xref: utzoo news.misc:4972 comp.unix.i386:6485 news.software.b:5088 Path: utzoo!utstat!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!virtech!cpcahil From: cpcahil@virtech.uucp (Conor P. Cahill) Newsgroups: news.misc,comp.unix.i386,news.software.b Subject: Re: Out of inodes while unbatching news Keywords: Help! Message-ID: <1990Jul04.123931.5703@virtech.uucp> Date: 4 Jul 90 12:39:31 GMT References: <586@fnx.UUCP> <1990Jul3.224322.19200@egsner.cirr.com> Reply-To: cpcahil@virtech.UUCP (Conor P. Cahill) Organization: Virtual Technologies Inc., Sterling VA Lines: 23 In article <1990Jul3.224322.19200@egsner.cirr.com> eric@egsner.cirr.com (Eric Schnoebelen) writes: >In article fkk@wynge.Central.Sun.COM > (Frank Kaefer - Sun Germany CSD - Munich) writes: [description of infamous system V inode problem deleted] > Well, I have found that C news does not aggravate this bug in >the System V file system code the way that B news does. Actually, it >does not induce the bug at al. How do I know? Well, I picked up a >patch for the System V, release 2 ialloc() function that printed out a >message when the error occurred, and after switching to C news, I never >saw the error. I would have to second this. I have been running C news with a full newsfeed and our system has been up for 2 or 3 months at a time without ever seeing the problem. -- Conor P. Cahill (703)430-9247 Virtual Technologies, Inc., uunet!virtech!cpcahil 46030 Manekin Plaza, Suite 160 Sterling, VA 22170