> I heard it is due to the fact that ext2fs server works by
> mapping the entire ext2 partition to its virtual memory which is limited 
> however.

Correct.  On x86 a task's address space is 32 bits, i.e. 4GB.  Among
other bits, libraries, code etc must be mapped in.  The largest continuous
chunk that remains is around 1 GB.

-Neal

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Neal H Walfield
University of Massachusetts at Lowell
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