Hi - I'm looking for a tale of success, suggestion of something to check, or a link to a more detailed recipe for > 2GB files on i386 using debian really.
On Wed, Apr 11, 2001 at 10:44:49AM +0200, Joris Lambrecht wrote: > 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 Right, well I had already had a scan of the list archives and all I could gather from them, aside from moving to a 64bit architecture, was that for a 2.4 series kernel the main requirement was to recompile the c library with the 2.4 kernel headers. This is why I have followed the prescription below. <Some deleted correspondence> > > 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
