[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dietmar Stein) asked:
> Hi guys,
>
> not really the topic - I know - but I read that the maximum size of one
> file is currently 2GB on linux like on other operating systems (e.g
> HP-UX supports filesizes above 2GB but HP does not take support for it).
>
> Is there a way to increase the size for testing? I was looking for a
> parameter in the kernel like ulimit but didn't find until now. Can
> someone tell me how to change/increase?
With Linux 2.0 kernel series at 32-bit systems (e.g. i386)
the answer is: 2G is absolute limit, period.
The longer answer contains the size limit explanations
which are available at 64-bit systems (for 2.0 just Alpha
machines). See files at ftp://mea.tmt.tele.fi/linux/LFS/
At the above mentioned place there is also patch for the kernel
to support sizes over 2G at 32-bit platforms, however they
are not fully ready to be used quite yet -- some issues are
still open regarding glibc 2.1 support syncing.
> To answers unasked questions: I am using SuSE linux 6.0 with kernel
> 2.0.36.
>
> Dietmar
/Matti Aarnio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
