Maccaferri Andrea wrote: > > I need to use large file size > 2GB, on a old redhat 6.1 . > I 'm using a 2.2.16 kernel with glibc 2.1.2. > I patched the kernel 2.2.16 and installed jfs 1.0.5. > I made with succes a jfs file system on a 120GB ide disk. > Now I have tried to build a tar file >2GB on it and it exit with error > at 2GB size.
You need to have later release of glibc. Here is a url that talks about LFS. http://www.suse.de/~aj/linux_lfs.html > > I know that distribution with 2.4.x kernel hasn't this problem but > I had some problems compiling old software made for 2.2.x kernel > that I use to access some hardware device, for new 2.4.x kernel. > > In description of jfs feature file system size and file size limits > exceed my requirement, but somewhere in the notes on jfs, I have > discovered that the limits could be due to linux kernel limit !!. > 1) So is it possible to overcame the limitation of 2GB, with old 2.2.16 > kernel. ? I haven't used 2.2.x series of the kernel for over a year now, but if I remember correctly 2.2.16 would support that. > > 2) Is rev 1.0.5 stable enought to use just to save data > files and not system files? > > 3) do I need to upgrade my glibc form 2.1.2 to later version to use > large files? > (and if yes do you how to do it without broken the system ?) > > 4) After that just recompiling my software with open file option > O_LARGEFILE > will be enought to manage file > 2GB ? > > best regards > Andrea Maccaferri > CNR Istituto di Radioastronomia BO Italy Steve _______________________________________________ Jfs-discussion mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www-124.ibm.com/developerworks/oss/mailman/listinfo/jfs-discussion
