What program did you use to try to download it? I haven't had much problem since the era of the 2.2 kernel when, even though the kernel supported larger files, many programs hadn't been updated yet to support them. -----Original Message----- From: fedora-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fedora-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Aly Dharshi Sent: Monday, February 09, 2004 3:11 PM To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: 2GB limit on files ? 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. >> >>-- >>Aly Dharshi >> >> >>"A good speech is like a good dress >> that's short enough to be interesting >> and long enough to cover the subject" >> >> >>-- >>fedora-list mailing list >>fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx >>To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >> > > > -- 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" -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
