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List:       user-mode-linux-user
Subject:    Re: [uml-user] Frustrating kernel panic, debugger won't run
From:       Jeff Dike <jdike () karaya ! com>
Date:       2001-03-02 22:56:35
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chronos_tachyon@mail.com said:
> I tried doing a simple ls, but after a ~2 second pause,  the following
> error appeared:
> 	Kernel panic: update_brk : write failed - errno = 14 

How much spare space do you have in /tmp?

The reason is that UML creates files there which it then maps in to serve as 
memory.  If /tmp ran out of room when it tried to extend one of those files, I 
could easily imagine that it would fail in that way.

				Jeff



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