Re: Ans: Re: Debian max file size is 1GB instead of 2GB?
I don't think so. My 1GB problem was when using a hamm system. Commenting out ULIMIT in login.defs was the only way to raise the hard limit on all accounts from what I could see. On 27 Jan 1998, Kirk Hilliard wrote: Steve Hsieh [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: To anyone interested in this -- The problem was not related to the kernel, but to ulimit. /etc/login.defs has ULIMIT set to 1GB for some reason. However, it is not clear to me why some accounts use this value, while other accounts ignore it. In any case, if you comment out the ULIMIT line, all accounts no longer have the 1GB restriction and you can create files up to the real 2GB limit. Aha! Then this might be fixed in hamm: On my machine running bo: $ ulimit 1048576 On my machine running hamm: $ ulimit unlimited I ran out of space at 1GB on the bo machine, but I don't have space to check this on the hamm machine. Did anyone here run into a 1GB limit on a hamm machine? Kirk Hilliard P.S. There doesn't seem to be sufficient difference between /etc/login.defs on the two machines to account for this. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Debian max file size is 1GB instead of 2GB?
Steve Hsieh [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Sorry if my previous post on this made it out as well. It seems that on Debian, the maximum single file size on ext2fs is 1GB and not 2GB. Can someone confirm this, and suggest how to fix the problem, if possible? I am getting bigger than 1 gig: garfield /scratch$ cat /dev/zero test cat: write error: No space left on device garfield /scratch$ ls -l total 1433633 drwx-- 4 jgoerzen jgoerzen 1024 Jan 19 13:19 jgoerzen drwxr-xr-x 2 root root12288 Dec 14 11:26 lost+found -rw-rw-r-- 1 jgoerzen jgoerzen 1462290432 Jan 26 20:46 test Kernel 2.0.33, libc6. This is well over a gig. John -- John Goerzen | Developing for Debian GNU/Linux (www.debian.org) Custom Programming| Debian GNU/Linux is a free replacement for [EMAIL PROTECTED] | DOS/Windows -- check it out at www.debian.org. --+-- Find out how to avoid all those pesky crashes, lockups, application errors, and slow applications at http://www.debian.org -- Debian can replace Windows 95 with a much more stable operating system. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Debian max file size is 1GB instead of 2GB?
Steve Hsieh [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I don't think it is the kernel (unless, it's due to a specific configuration option in the kernel?) I tried it on 2.0.33 and 2.1.78, same result on both: lilu# ls -l xxx -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1073741824 Jan 25 15:36 xxx lili# uname -a Linux lili.eecs.umich.edu 2.1.78 #1 Wed Jan 21 06:44:08 EST 1998 i686 unknown Does anyone have any ideas on what the issue is and how to fix the problem for those of us stuck at the 1GB limit? I would suggest mailing [EMAIL PROTECTED] (the linux-kernel mailing list served by majordomo). They might be able to help. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . -- John Goerzen | Developing for Debian GNU/Linux (www.debian.org) Custom Programming| Debian GNU/Linux is a free replacement for [EMAIL PROTECTED] | DOS/Windows -- check it out at www.debian.org. --+-- Find out how to avoid all those pesky crashes, lockups, application errors, and slow applications at http://www.debian.org -- Debian can replace Windows 95 with a much more stable operating system. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Ans: Re: Debian max file size is 1GB instead of 2GB?
To anyone interested in this -- The problem was not related to the kernel, but to ulimit. /etc/login.defs has ULIMIT set to 1GB for some reason. However, it is not clear to me why some accounts use this value, while other accounts ignore it. In any case, if you comment out the ULIMIT line, all accounts no longer have the 1GB restriction and you can create files up to the real 2GB limit. On 26 Jan 1998, John Goerzen wrote: Steve Hsieh [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Sorry if my previous post on this made it out as well. It seems that on Debian, the maximum single file size on ext2fs is 1GB and not 2GB. Can someone confirm this, and suggest how to fix the problem, if possible? I am getting bigger than 1 gig: garfield /scratch$ cat /dev/zero test cat: write error: No space left on device garfield /scratch$ ls -l total 1433633 drwx-- 4 jgoerzen jgoerzen 1024 Jan 19 13:19 jgoerzen drwxr-xr-x 2 root root12288 Dec 14 11:26 lost+found -rw-rw-r-- 1 jgoerzen jgoerzen 1462290432 Jan 26 20:46 test Kernel 2.0.33, libc6. This is well over a gig. John -- John Goerzen | Developing for Debian GNU/Linux (www.debian.org) Custom Programming| Debian GNU/Linux is a free replacement for [EMAIL PROTECTED] | DOS/Windows -- check it out at www.debian.org. --+-- Find out how to avoid all those pesky crashes, lockups, application errors, and slow applications at http://www.debian.org -- Debian can replace Windows 95 with a much more stable operating system. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Ans: Re: Debian max file size is 1GB instead of 2GB?
To anyone interested in this -- The problem was not related to the kernel, but to ulimit. /etc/login.defs has ULIMIT set to 1GB for some reason. However, it is not clear to me why some accounts use this value, while other accounts ignore it. Just guessing: do they use different shells? Eric Meijer -- E.L. Meijer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) | tel. office +31 40 2472189 Eindhoven Univ. of Technology | tel. lab. +31 40 2475032 Lab. for Catalysis and Inorg. Chem. (TAK) | tel. fax+31 40 2455054 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Ans: Re: Debian max file size is 1GB instead of 2GB?
Steve Hsieh [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: To anyone interested in this -- The problem was not related to the kernel, but to ulimit. /etc/login.defs has ULIMIT set to 1GB for some reason. However, it is not clear to me why some accounts use this value, while other accounts ignore it. In any case, if you comment out the ULIMIT line, all accounts no longer have the 1GB restriction and you can create files up to the real 2GB limit. Aha! Then this might be fixed in hamm: On my machine running bo: $ ulimit 1048576 On my machine running hamm: $ ulimit unlimited I ran out of space at 1GB on the bo machine, but I don't have space to check this on the hamm machine. Did anyone here run into a 1GB limit on a hamm machine? Kirk Hilliard P.S. There doesn't seem to be sufficient difference between /etc/login.defs on the two machines to account for this. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Ans: Re: Debian max file size is 1GB instead of 2GB?
On my machine running hamm: $ ulimit unlimited I ran out of space at 1GB on the bo machine, but I don't have space to check this on the hamm machine. Did anyone here run into a 1GB limit on a hamm machine? My hamm machine has a 1GB limit, that I don't remember ever setting: blp:/raid/home/blp$ ulimit 1048576 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Ans: Re: Debian max file size is 1GB instead of 2GB?
Ben Pfaff writes: On my machine running hamm: $ ulimit unlimited I ran out of space at 1GB on the bo machine, but I don't have space to check this on the hamm machine. Did anyone here run into a 1GB limit on a hamm machine? My hamm machine has a 1GB limit, that I don't remember ever setting: blp:/raid/home/blp$ ulimit 1048576 'ulimit' is a bash builtin, the corresponding builtin command for tcsh is 'limit'. It appears that the bash ulimit has more options for setting various system limits as compared to the tcsh equivalent. See 'man ulimit' for bash users and 'man tcsh' for tcsh users. Brian -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Ans: Re: Debian max file size is 1GB instead of 2GB?
Kirk Hilliard [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: ulimit = 1 GB Aha! Then this might be fixed in hamm: On my machine running bo: $ ulimit 1048576 On my machine running hamm: $ ulimit unlimited /etc/login.defs is part of the login package. On my bo system its: #ulimit unlimited I´m running login Version: 961025-2 --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for pgp-key (during normal european business time hours) -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Debian max file size is 1GB instead of 2GB?
On 24 Jan, Steve Hsieh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It seems that on Debian, the maximum single file size on ext2fs is 1GB and not 2GB. Can someone confirm this, and suggest how to fix the problem, if possible? To which Stephen P. Ryan [EMAIL PROTECTED] replied: I no longer have the space to test this, but I did have a 2GB file in a 2.5GB partition on a Debian 1.3 system several months ago. Well, I've got a bunch of free space here. Let's see: $ # Try to make a 1.5GB file. $ perl -le '$_=6x1023; print while ++$i=1024*512*3' big $ ls -l big -rw-r--r-- 1 kirk kirk 1073741824 Jan 24 22:53 big $ echo hello big $ ls -l big -rw-r--r-- 1 kirk kirk 1073741824 Jan 24 22:55 big $ wc big 1048576 1048576 1073741824 big Exactly 1GB. FWIW, this is a 486/33 running stock Debian 1.3 using the kernel from a 1997-06-20 rescue disk. Kirk Hilliard -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Debian max file size is 1GB instead of 2GB?
Well, lets see: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /dev/zero xxx cat: write error: File too large [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ls -l xxx -rw-r--r-- 1 kadamski users2147482624 Jan 25 12:02 xxx [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /proc/version Linux version 2.0.33 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version 2.7.2.1) #6 Sun Dec 28 23:08:15 EST 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ df . Filesystem 1024-blocks Used Available Capacity Mounted on /dev/sda23966376 2813561 947608 75% / I remember doing this in 2.0.29 and getting only 1G for files, so something changed in the newer kernel. Krzysztof On 24 Jan 1998, Kirk Hilliard wrote: On 24 Jan, Steve Hsieh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It seems that on Debian, the maximum single file size on ext2fs is 1GB and not 2GB. Can someone confirm this, and suggest how to fix the problem, if possible? To which Stephen P. Ryan [EMAIL PROTECTED] replied: I no longer have the space to test this, but I did have a 2GB file in a 2.5GB partition on a Debian 1.3 system several months ago. Well, I've got a bunch of free space here. Let's see: $ # Try to make a 1.5GB file. $ perl -le '$_=6x1023; print while ++$i=1024*512*3' big $ ls -l big -rw-r--r-- 1 kirk kirk 1073741824 Jan 24 22:53 big $ echo hello big $ ls -l big -rw-r--r-- 1 kirk kirk 1073741824 Jan 24 22:55 big $ wc big 1048576 1048576 1073741824 big Exactly 1GB. FWIW, this is a 486/33 running stock Debian 1.3 using the kernel from a 1997-06-20 rescue disk. Kirk Hilliard -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Debian max file size is 1GB instead of 2GB?
On Sun, 25 Jan 1998, Krzysztof Adamski wrote: Well, lets see: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /dev/zero xxx cat: write error: File too large [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ls -l xxx -rw-r--r-- 1 kadamski users2147482624 Jan 25 12:02 xxx [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /proc/version Linux version 2.0.33 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version 2.7.2.1) #6 Sun Dec 28 23:08:15 EST 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ df . Filesystem 1024-blocks Used Available Capacity Mounted on /dev/sda23966376 2813561 947608 75% / I remember doing this in 2.0.29 and getting only 1G for files, so something changed in the newer kernel. Krzysztof I don't think it is the kernel (unless, it's due to a specific configuration option in the kernel?) I tried it on 2.0.33 and 2.1.78, same result on both: lilu# ls -l xxx -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1073741824 Jan 25 15:36 xxx lili# uname -a Linux lili.eecs.umich.edu 2.1.78 #1 Wed Jan 21 06:44:08 EST 1998 i686 unknown Does anyone have any ideas on what the issue is and how to fix the problem for those of us stuck at the 1GB limit? -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Debian max file size is 1GB instead of 2GB?
Sorry if my previous post on this made it out as well. It seems that on Debian, the maximum single file size on ext2fs is 1GB and not 2GB. Can someone confirm this, and suggest how to fix the problem, if possible? -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Debian max file size is 1GB instead of 2GB?
On 24 Jan, Steve Hsieh wrote: Sorry if my previous post on this made it out as well. It seems that on Debian, the maximum single file size on ext2fs is 1GB and not 2GB. Can someone confirm this, and suggest how to fix the problem, if possible? I no longer have the space to test this, but I did have a 2GB file in a 2.5GB partition on a Debian 1.3 system several months ago. -- Stephen Ryan Debian GNU/Linux Mathematics graduate student, Dartmouth College -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
