[lug] Kernel options for large file support?

[feenix at ticnet.com]

Are you using ext2 filesystem?  If so, change to another one, such as a
jourlaning file system.  You'll need it to be on all partitions that you
want to us > 2.0 GB files on.  Most of the newer kernels support large
files.

Jeff

> I need to create a 2.4 kernel that has large file support for files >
> 2.0G.
> I can't seem to find which set of kernel options give me this capability.
>
> I am using Mandrake 9.2 out of the box which uses kernel 2.4.22.
> Neither the stock MD 9.2 kernel nor the various "flavors" of alternate
> kernels
> ("enterprise", "multimedia") provide large file support.
>
> There are some patches at www.suse.de/~aj/linux_lfs.html that add
> large file support (LFS) to 2.2 kernels but I cannot find anything that
> refers/works
> on 2.4 kernels. Various google postings seem to imply that large file
> support
> is now part of 2.4 kernels but I can't figure out the combination of
> kernel options
> that enable this capability.
>
> Thanks for any pointers that work with 2.4-based kernels.
>
> Michael Kahn
> mkahn at fast-track.com
>
>
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