Re: 2GB limit on files ?

[Aly Dharshi <aly.dharshi@xxxxxxxxx>]

The funny thing is that I am using Reiserfs that came with the Fedora 
CD's. I thought that Reiserfs would support this. Is there possibly a 
switch for this ????

Cheers,

	Aly.

Zach Wilkinson wrote:
> I think this depends on the filesystem type you're saving to.  I've done
> tests on JFS using dd where I was able to make 10+ GB files.
> I can't say definitively but if you're saving to EXT2/3 you might be running
> into a size limitation on that filesystem.  That's probably why you want
> XFS, huh? :)
>
> Zach
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Aly Dharshi" <aly.dharshi@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, February 09, 2004 2:59 PM
> Subject: 2GB limit on files ?
>
>
>
> > Hi Folks,
> >
> > I hope that you are well, I am trying to download a DVD iso for SGI-XFS
> > from ftp://ftp.uninett.no/pub/linux/RH-XFS-DVD/ and I get the error File
> > size limit exceeded error.
> >
> > Is 2GB the upper limit for files in a 32 bit system ? How can I
> > circumvent this ?
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Aly.
> >
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> >
> >
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Aly Dharshi
Systems Analyst
Content Applications Group
TELUS Technology & Operations

	 "A good speech is like a good dress
	  that's short enough to be interesting
	  and long enough to cover the subject"