[lug] File size limit issue

[Anders Knudsen]

I think I may have found and answered my question.
However.
_if_ anyone has anything to add, or has experience using LFS in 
linux. I would _love_ to hear about it :)

FYI, these websites have the answers :/
http://www.suse.de/~aj/linux_lfs.html
http://www.scyld.com/software/lfs.html
http://sdb.suse.de/en/sdb/html/lfs70.html

So, from what I can see, it sounds like when kernel 2.4 is released 
(i think they're still doing a manual recount :) that LFS on x86 
platforms will be supported. However, programs need to be 
compiled with the correct glibc *and* with LFS API calls.

In the mean time, maybe I just need to get an Alpha, or there's 
Sparc, or wait for IA-64? :)

<anders>

On 18 Nov 2000, at 0:26, Anders Knudsen wrote:

> Yea. But don't I just need 64-bit file I/O support to break 2gb limit? I 
> know that RedHat has that Enterprise Edition for Oracle deal, and 
> that it has 64-bit file I/O support. So...I figure that making the 
> kernel do this is possible, no?
> This is a bad limitation that I must work to get around.
> 
> ...luck be a lady tonight...
> 
> <anders>
> 
> On 17 Nov 2000, at 23:43, Sean Reifschneider wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, Nov 17, 2000 at 11:04:15PM -0700, Anders Knudsen wrote:
> > >can break this 2Gb barrier by a long shot.
> > >I found a possible solution, a kernel patch, called REISERFS.
> > >see www.namesys.com
> > 
> > I tested this before a BLUG a couple of months ago.  ReiserFS doesn't
> > allow you to write larger files.  Unless you use LFS (Large File Support)
> > in the application, you'll need to use an Alpha or other 64-bit platform?
> > 
> > You'll need to search t see if there's any LFS support for Samba.
> > 
> > Sean
> > -- 
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> >  built it.  -- Richard E. Fairley
> > Sean Reifschneider, Inimitably Superfluous <jafo at tummy.com>
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