Unfortunatly it's an x86 problem, as somebody alluded
to eariler - ext2 can have MUCH larger file size, but
the kernel is using 32bits in the VFS code above ext2,
limiting a single file to 2 gig. 64 bit systems (e.g.
Alpha) dont have that limitation.
There is supposed to be a patch out there to make the
VFS code handle larger files, but it sounds like an
ugly hack to me...
my $0.02
-david
--- Seth Cohn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> At 01:14 PM 08/16/2000 -0700, you wrote:
> >He said, "Two of my runs ended with the wonderfully
> informative message
> >'System error: Input/output error'."
> >
> >I don't know exactly how his program works, but I
> suspect it calculates a
> >set of numbers and appends them to a file then goes
> to the next set. As
> >you can see below, it takes about 12 hours to
> generate a 2 gig file.
>
> It might be running into a filesize limit with
> Mandrake 6.0 Keep in mind, that
> the kernel in 6.0 is OLD.
>
> I'd say the odds are you are right, it's filesize,
> but I dunno if an
> upgrade will fix it or what. Sounds to me like he
> needs to follow up with
> Mandrake or some linux group... it's not a bug,
> it's probably a known limit.
>
> Seth
>
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