You will not have quota support enabled in your kernel unless you have
followed the kernel compilation instructions provided in the quotas HOWTO.
You must complete the HOWTO before you can expect quotas to operate
correctly.
Tim
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Ben Kennish
> Sent: 29 March 2001 15:32
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Quotas
>
>
> Last time I tried to recompile the RH6.2 kernel I buggered it all
> up and had
> to reinstall.
>
> So anyway, I've noticed that creating a VS with a quota and running
> vsd-vsbatch.pl doesn't give the error mentionned in the FAQ so I thought
> maybe I already have quota support compiled in?
>
> I've changed the following in my /etc/fstab...
>
> /dev/hda9 /home ext2 defaults 1 2
>
> to
>
> /dev/hda9 /home ext2
> defaults,usrquota,grpquota 1 2
>
> and then ran
> "quotacheck -avug"
>
> But it's still saying...
> "Scanning dev/hda9 [home] X.." with the X spinning around.
>
> Theres no grinding noise from the HD but this partition is 25GB large.
>
> Any ideas? Thanks.
>
> ----
> Ben Kennish
>
> Software Engineer
> Fubra Limited
>
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