eded, but found some stumbling
block that prevented it? I dunno... I'd like your comments, please.
Kevin
-Original Message-
From: Alan Cox [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2000 8:51 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: 2 gig filesize limit
> ftp://ftp.redhat.c
> > I know that while evaluating Reiser FS for use on SourceForge we've
> > created files up to 4gb in size.
>
> Some versions of reiserfs had a hack for this. Its not a good idea and Im
> told its now been removed. If you grab the LFS patches for 2.2 from the
> RH 6.2beta kernel rpms you'll be a
> ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/redhat-6.2beta/i386/RedHat/ and couldn't
> find anything related to LFS. Thanks for your patience and sorry to ask so
> many questions but I haven't been able to find any info so I can figure it
> out for myself.
They are in the kernel srpm but commented out by d
>> So are you saying that installing the LFS patches into RH6.1 running on an
>> Intel P2 box will enable a new 64bit version of ext2 (ext3?) filesystem
>> that can handle large files?
>
>Yes. The ext2 fs can already handle large files, its the infrastructure around
>it you need to get. The patche
> So are you saying that installing the LFS patches into RH6.1 running on an
> Intel P2 box will enable a new 64bit version of ext2 (ext3?) filesystem
> that can handle large files?
Yes. The ext2 fs can already handle large files, its the infrastructure around
it you need to get. The patches add
>> I know that while evaluating Reiser FS for use on SourceForge we've
>> created files up to 4gb in size.
>
>Some versions of reiserfs had a hack for this. Its not a good idea and Im
>told its now been removed. If you grab the LFS patches for 2.2 from the
>RH 6.2beta kernel rpms you'll be able to
> I know that while evaluating Reiser FS for use on SourceForge we've
> created files up to 4gb in size.
Some versions of reiserfs had a hack for this. Its not a good idea and Im
told its now been removed. If you grab the LFS patches for 2.2 from the
RH 6.2beta kernel rpms you'll be able to build
I know that while evaluating Reiser FS for use on SourceForge we've
created files up to 4gb in size.
-t
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Reiserfs is also 2Gig. If you wish to go past 2Gig you need a set of kernel
patches or the 2.3.99/2.4pre kernel series
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There is a 2gb file limit when using the ext2 file system. I've gotten
around this by using the Reiser file system. IIRC it supports 4gb file
limits.
Here is a link to the main Reiser site
http://devlinux.com/projects/reiserfs/
Here is a link to a quick and dirty HOWTO
http://kurt.andover.net/Re
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