In reply to Paul's mail, d.d. Wed, 26 Mar 2003 21:15:00 +0100:

>A while ago I had a problem that tar could not create files > 100megs.
>Someone handed me a solution by changing something in some config file. Had
>I only listened.
>I now cannot get the mdk 9.1 ISO's since they are>100megs. Even root does
>not get this done.

I found /etc/security/limits.conf. At least something I do right.
I changed the last entry from 100000 to 900000. I guess that is enough.

Do I need to log in again, or does this 'stick' right away?

Paul

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