I've don't have any experience with such large files, but there was a similar question on the Seawolf list (I think that's where it was). Someone there posted this url:
http://www.suse.de/~aj/linux_lfs.html Hope this helps, Ben On Fri, Jan 11, 2002 at 11:35:32AM -0500, Hal Burgiss wrote: > On Fri, Jan 11, 2002 at 08:48:01AM -0700, Frank Carreiro wrote: > > RedHat 7.2 supports ext3. I've been playing with it on a small test box > > over the last few weeks. Does anyone know how large I can make a single > > file with it? > > > > I believe ext2 had a limit of around 2 gigs. > > It's not an ext2 limitation per se. It's a x86/32 bit limitation. ext2 > on 64 bit platforms does not have this limitation. That being said, it > can be gotten around. I believe it requires some adjustments to glibc > (?), and maybe the kernel. Then individual apps may be expecting the > limitation as well. -- Ben Logan: ben at wblogan dot net OpenPGP Key KeyID: A1ADD1F0 Revolution, n.: A form of government abroad. _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
