A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said... > 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.
ext3 is late alpha/early beta reiserfs is very late beta/production quality The file size limit has less to do with the file system (hence why an alpha or UltraSPARC can have huge files - I've seen up to 16GB) and more to do with limits in what the file system interfaces with - the VFS. > 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. reiserfs works just fine with 2.3.x/2.4.x. The 2.3.x/2.4.x series has had fixed the "can't have >2GG files on ix86" problem fixed for quite some time now, too. > Also, of course, you could solve the problem by going with a > DEC/Compaq Alpha or Sparc 64-bit machine running Linux. Provided, of course, you can afford one of the things :) -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Phil Brutsche [EMAIL PROTECTED] "There are two things that are infinite; Human stupidity and the universe. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstien
