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From: alan@shodha.enet.dec.com ( Alan's Home for Wayward Notes File.)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix
Subject: Re: gnode: table is full
Summary: Another unusual source of "out of gnodes" message.
Message-ID: <2671@shodha.enet.dec.com>
Date: 11 Mar 91 05:59:34 GMT
References: <6081@amc-gw.amc.com> <2663@shodha.enet.dec.com> <19682@cbmvax.commodore.com>
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In article <19682@cbmvax.commodore.com>, grr@cbmvax.commodore.com (George Robbins) writes:
> In article <2663@shodha.enet.dec.com> alan@shodha.enet.dec.com ( Alan's Home for Wayward Notes File.) writes:
> > 
> > 	[ Wherein I explain what a gnode is. ]
> 
> [ George reasonably points out that the message "out of gnodes" can
>   can come from a disk that's out of gnodes, as opposed to the kernel
>   table running out. ]

	I haven't seen it on a V4.x system, but sometimes on a V3.x
	systems a disk that goes offline would eventually cause the
	"out of gnodes" message to be printed.  So, broken hardware
	can also cause it.
-- 
Alan Rollow				alan@nabeth.cxn.dec.com