On Tue, 03 Jul 2001 12:07:30 -0700 "Eric N. Valor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I keep getting this message while trying to access a (presumably) very > large file. It's a tarball restored from tape. I can't do anything more > than "ls". Even "ls -l" bombs with the message "Value too large for > defined data type". > > What can I do about this? Well, you can remove it. And then, before restoring it from tape again, try to get large file support in the kernel. Maybe there are other ways, but installing 2.4.x (and updating the utilities) should be enough. HTH -- Christoph Simon [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- ^X^C q quit :q ^C end x exit ZZ ^D ? help shit .