Very Computer

Hi,

I experienced problems when trying to execute programs from a 2kb (!)
EXT2-FS.

I compiled fileutils-3.9 with STATIC (!) linked libs. When I run
"ls" from a 1-kb-Ext2fs it runs fine, if I copy it to a 2kB-ext2fs,
it produces the error: sh: ./ls: cannot execute binary file.

Also, running a ftpd on this filesystem results in problems
if I use an anonymous chroot-ed access (ls does not run).

Any ideas on this?

All the best,
Axel

Are you sure that you can distinguish between "kilo" and "mega"? :-)

   Ralf

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Quote:> >> I experienced problems when trying to execute programs from a 2kb (!)
> >> EXT2-FS.

> >Are you sure that you can distinguish between "kilo" and "mega"? :-)

> Yes, he can.   At this time, Linux can only execute programs from partitions
> with a 1kb block size.

Aaargh. I thought he was referring to the FS size, obviously he referred
to the block size. Sorry for messing this up. :-)

  Ralf
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Yes, he can.   At this time, Linux can only execute programs from partitions
with a 1kb block size.  I am not sure if this will be changed anytime soon,
as it won't be that easy or that useful. (Maybe for CD's with 2048kb block
sizes or BSD FFS partitions with 4096kb)

-Dave
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