On Mon, Jun 12, 2000 at 11:07:38AM -0400, John Aldrich wrote:
-> On Mon, 12 Jun 2000, you wrote:
-> > I would appreciate information about the possibility of creating files
-> > larger than 2 GB. With the defoult installation of mandrake 7.0 there is
-> > this limit. Is it possible to overcome it?
-> >
-> AFAIK, this is a *linux kernel* limitation, not a Mandrake
-> limitation.
It is a Linux kernel limitation on 32 bit architectures (e.g. 80x86). On
64 bit architectures (Alpha, Merced, PA-RISC), it does not apply. lseek
takes an int argument for the offset. see: man lseek.
I seem to recall somewhere reading that this wil be addressed in the 2.4
kernels. Any kernel watchers care to verify this?
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