Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!julian!uwovax!7103_300
From: 7103_300@uwovax.uwo.ca (Eric Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: HELP! ST Hard disk problems.
Message-ID: <1549@uwovax.uwo.ca>
Date: 6 Feb 89 22:27:21 GMT
References: <8093@louie.udel.EDU>
Lines: 36
Organisation: University of Western Ontario, Canada

In article <8093@louie.udel.EDU>, PRINS%HLERUL5.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu (Ryko Prins, CRI, Leiden, Netherlands) writes:
> About two weeks ago I wrote about the problems with my new Megafile 60.
> I can create a file system, but after some time it becomes corrupted:
[ information about problem and request for patch deleted ]
> 
>                                                 Thanks in advance,
>                                                         Ryko Prins.

   A friend of mine had problems with a large (32K) partition on his
Megafile 60; it wasn't the same problem (his system had problems mounting
the partition), but here's the fix; you might want to try it:
*** fs/const.h.orig	Thu Nov 14 20:35:46 1988
--- fs/const.h	Thu Jan  9 20:49:48 1989
***************
*** 1,7 ****
  /* Tables sizes */
  #define NR_ZONE_NUMS       9	/* # zone numbers in an inode */
! #define NR_BUFS           20	/* # blocks in the buffer cache */
! #define NR_BUF_HASH       32	/* size of buf hash table; MUST BE POWER OF 2*/
  #define NR_FDS            20	/* max file descriptors per process */
  #define NR_FILPS          64	/* # slots in filp table */
  #define I_MAP_SLOTS        4	/* max # of blocks in the inode bit map */
--- 1,7 ----
  /* Tables sizes */
  #define NR_ZONE_NUMS       9	/* # zone numbers in an inode */
! #define NR_BUFS           40	/* # blocks in the buffer cache */
! #define NR_BUF_HASH       64	/* size of buf hash table; MUST BE POWER OF 2*/
  #define NR_FDS            20	/* max file descriptors per process */
  #define NR_FILPS          64	/* # slots in filp table */
  #define I_MAP_SLOTS        4	/* max # of blocks in the inode bit map */
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