On Wed, 2006-03-22 at 09:02 -0800, Auerbach, Steven P. wrote:
> There were multiple replies to my query; here are the answers:
>
>
> > Tell us what version of Evo and glibc you are using.
> Evo 2.4.1
> I believe (after consulting adept) I am using 2.3.5-1ubuntu12 (not
adept?
> really sure on this one, however... how do I tell?)
$ apt-cache policy libc6
libc6:
Installed: 2.3.6-3
Candidate: 2.3.6-4
Version table:
2.3.6-4 0
500 ftp://mirrors.kernel.org unstable/main Packages
*** 2.3.6-3 0
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
> > Looks like a filesystem problem. Some Linux kernel versions can't handle
> > files of over 2GB. This has nothing to do with free disk space. Try
> > compacting your Inbox (File->Empty Trash) or moving some messages to a
> > different folder (and then compacting anyway).
>
> I compacted (and also moved files to a new folder), and now I have no
> problems copying. Problem solved.
That's interesting.
Could the Evo mbox code not have been modified for large-file
support?
> Regarding inability of my kernel to handle such large files, I am using
> 2.6.12-9-386, which is fairly up to date, so I doubt that this is a
> problem.
No, that's way modern enough. Anything 2.4 or newer is adequate.
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