Richard Trapp RAT wrote:
 
>     I'm getting some interesting behavior today.  When I try to run the
> shell:
> sh.hpbin.sys -L
> /etc/profile 38: cannot fork: Resource busy, try again
> /etc/profile 38: Internal error: j_close: no processes
> shell/iX>
>
> This also is manifesting itself in not being able to connect to the web
> server.
 
For the long answer, refer to http://opus.admin.utc.edu/http3000.htm
 
The short answer:  you probably have a volume in the system volume set
that is fragmented to the point where it's largest contiguous free space
region is, ohh, < 2048 sectors or so.  When you fork(), posix invokes a
relatively new procedure in VSM that "clones" the current data area for
the new child.  Unfortunately this routine requires a contiguous chunk
on the same ldev as the parent.
 
This isn't fixed on 5.5 either, as far as I know.
 
Jeff Kell <[log in to unmask]>