On Wed October 3 2012, Oliver Welter wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am running aufs now for a certain while to create a root-fs for
> virtual servers (linux-vserver). I am currently using a drbd-partition
> for the read-write part of aufs, which is working fine.
>
> I want to replace drbd with glusterfs, but get a very strange error
> "File too large" when the server is booting on some files which seem to
> be "special":
>
> vserver testing start
> chroot-sh: open("/etc/mtab"): File too large
> secure-mount: chdir("/proc"): File too large
> /etc/vservers/testing/fstab:1:1: failed to mount fstab-entry
> secure-mount: chdir("/tmp"): File too large
> /etc/vservers/testing/fstab:2:1: failed to mount fstab-entry
> secure-mount: chdir("/dev/pts"): File too large
> /etc/vservers/testing/fstab:3:1: failed to mount fstab-entry
> fakerunlevel: open("/var/run/utmp"): File too large
>
> Using gluster without the aufs layer on top works, so I guess that there
> is some kind of conflict when aufs is calling the lower fs.
>
Is this the same problem you (well, a person with the same name)
reported on the Linux-VServer list, using the Linux-VServer
patched kernel + auFS + gluster?
Mike
> Any help is appreciated - I can provide a detailed setup instruction if
> necessary.
>
> Oliver
>
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