Re: 2GB limit on files ?

[Aly Dharshi <aly.dharshi@xxxxxxxxx>]

I guess that I lied, Solaris didn't like it as well. Hmmm... could it be 
wget ?

Aly Dharshi wrote:
> Well I used wget to try and download the iso, which has failed a couple 
> of times.  I tried the same wget command on a Solaris 8 box and it seems 
> to work just fine, post that a copy to the Fedora box worked just fine 
> and even the mounting (iso mounting) worked A-Okay. I wonder what the 
> issue is/was ?
>
>    Cheers,
>
>    Aly.
>
>
> Kevin Krieser wrote:
>
> > 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
> > > >
> > > >
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> > > > and long enough to cover the subject"
> > > >
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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"