To be honest, i don't have the answer but i think this has allready been discussed some time ago, so you'll be able to find info on this in the mailingslistarchives
greets, joris -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: woensdag 11 april 2001 10:25 To: Joris Lambrecht; debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: >2Gb files /dev/zero just provides a source of data eg cat -A < /dev/zero | head -c 20 I was using dd as a quick way of trying to create a large (>2GB) file. On Wed, Apr 11, 2001 at 10:00:59AM +0200, Joris Lambrecht wrote: > first of all, forgive me my ignorance, i wonder what you are doing with dd > over here > are you logging the output of /dev/zero or what ? > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: dinsdag 10 april 2001 19:07 > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: >2Gb files > > > Hi, I'm looking for hints on using > 2GB files.... > > I'm using a 2.4.3 kernel-image compiled from debian kernel-source > package. After installing the corresponding kernel-headers deb I > created, I have recompiled glibc (2.2.2-4) with a > #apt-get --build source glibc > then installed the created debs... > #dpkg -i ./libc6-dev_2.2.2-4_i386.deb ./libc6_2.2.2-4_i386.deb > ./locales_2.2.2-4_all.deb > I then build fileutils, > #apt-get -t testing --build source fileutils > and install them, > #dpkg -i ./fileutils_4.0.43-1_i386.deb > > Unfortunately a > #/bin/dd if=/dev/zero of=file2 bs=1024 count=3553600 > gives me a > "File size limit exceeded" > > I've tried this in ext2fs and reiserfs and have tried a --build > source and install of their respective progs packages, recreation > of filesystems but I still have the 2GB limit. > > Any ideas? What I should be checking? > thanks, > david > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
