Re: Can't create file larger than 1G on console ?

[Martin Albert <MartinAlbert@gmx.net>]

On Wed, 24 Jan 2001, Tommy Wu wrote:
> I've try kernel 2.4.0, 2.4.1-pre8 - 10.
>   
>   I can't create file larger than 1G on console (tty1 - tty6 and X11 terminal), but I can
>   create such file from telent. For the same OS, kernel... only a telnet session can create
>   large file more than 1G. Or I switch to single user mode, I can create such file ok.
>   
>   (use the command:  dd if=/dev/zero of=largefile bs=1k count=1500000)
> 
>   I've tried the same kernel to another machine, use the same debian 2.2r2 linux, it's ok
>   to create such large file, so I think that is not a kernel problem. 
>   
>   I also try kernel 2.2.18, there is no such problem.
> 
>   So.... any suggest for this problem ?

ulimit ?

greetings, martin

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