Re: Debian max file size is 1GB instead of 2GB?
On 24 Jan, Steve Hsieh <sryan@emmy.dartmouth.edu> 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 <sryan@emmy.dartmouth.edu> 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
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