[lug] Kernel options for large file support -- more info

[Michael Kahn]

Jeff:

I realized I left that critical piece of information out of my original posting. I am using Reiserfs version 3.6 which supports more than 1 TB files. I got a rather brain-damaged version of kernel 2.6 up and I can create >2G files using that kernel and mounting the Reiserfs filesystem. So, I know that I am dealing with a 2.4 kernel limitation that supposedly was removed in kernels earlier than the one I am using (2.4.22).

Michael Kahn
mkahn at fast-track.com



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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.
>

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