thanks , I have installed kernel 2.4.1 with the latest util-linux ,modutils and raidtool (arrrgg) and finally I can write file >2Gb :-) ...now i must rebuild ls, mv etc..... m.
On Tue, Feb 06, 2001 at 09:33:06AM -0800 or thereabouts, brian moore wrote: > On Tue, Feb 06, 2001 at 12:06:16AM -0500, Fraser Campbell wrote: > > Francis 'Dexter' Gois <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > Not sure, but i think your problem is not with the NFS but with the > > > ext2fs > > > filesystem, which cannot handle files larger than 2gb. > > > > Yes, ext2's maximum file size is 1 byte less than 2 GB (2147483647 bytes. > > Bzzt. Wrong. This is a limit of 2.2 and earlier kernels on 32 bit > hardware. It has -NOTHING- to do with the file system per se: you will > see exactly the same situation on Reiserfs, NFS (exported from a 64 bit > machine even!), and every other file system. > > Why? Try 'man lseek' and note that the size of off_t, which is a 32 bit > number on 32 bit platforms. There are lots and lots of library and system > calls that expect or return something of type off_t, which can not exceed > 32 bits on a 32 bit machine without some hackery. (See google for the > 'large filesystem summit' for how ugly that hackery is.) > > The exact same file systems -do- support huge files on 64 bit machines. > Why? Again, off_t is a 64 bit number on a 64 bit machine. > > > If the remote filesystem is ext2 then this is definitely the problem. The > > 2.4 kernel gets around this problem at least with some filesystems (perhaps > > still not with ext2 though) ... if you really need to create files > 2GB > > then > > you should upgrade your kernel. I've been running woody with 2.4 kernels > > (test and "stable") for months without any problems, YMMV. > > Doesn't matter -what- the remote file system type is. > > Neither NFS nor glibc supports large files on 2.2 kernels. Period. Not > with e2fs, not with nfs, not with anything. > > If you need files >=2G, you need a newer kernel or a 64 bit machine. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- ----------
