"Jens B. Jorgensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Brian Schramm wrote: > > > OK. I am dealing with a 2gig file size limit on Linux. I have been > > reading up on this all day to very little luck as to how to fix it. If > > I recomend someone to go to debian for an upgrade will this fix it? I > > am after any fix I can get and at this time changing dist. is just as > > good for me as anything else. > > > > Please someone help me see the lite on this. > > This is due to a limitation of the ext2 filesystem. I believe the > reiserfs filesystem supports longer files than this but you'd need > to patch your kernel source to add this. I also don't know if it's > really ready for prime time yet.
Actually, I think there are a whole LOT of issues with file sizes > 2GB on ext2 and 32-bit machines. Best place to look for an explanation would be a searchable archive of the Linux kernel mailing list, like: http://www.uwsg.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/index.html and do a search with the keywords along the lines of: 2G file size limit Unfortunately I don't think there is currently a "stable" solution to this problem. ext3 and reiserfs exist, and may solve the problem, but I think they're still pretty much considered beta, at best. I'm not even sure you can use them with a 2.2.x kernel, you may have to use a "development" kernel, ie., 2.3.x series kernel. Also, of course, you could solve the problem by going with a DEC/Compaq Alpha or Sparc 64-bit machine running Linux. Gary
