Re: 2.1.108: file sizes > 2GB with ext2?

Pavel Machek (pavel@bug.ucw.cz)
Sat, 18 Jul 1998 23:45:03 +0200


Hi!

> > I need a file bigger than 2GB, but apparently there's a limit of
> > 2147479552 bytes for the file size :-( Is this correct? Is there an
> > option I can use to have larger files?
> >
> > I've seen this as a wishlist for 2.2, but haven't found anything else...
>
> Only way is to use a block device directly, or switch to a 64bit platform.

Or get copy of smugfs from mj :-).

Pavel

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