Re: How do I get larg file support?

["Stan Brown" <stanb@awod.com>]

On Sun Feb 25 14:33:51 2001 brian moore wrote...
>
>On Sun, Feb 25, 2001 at 02:08:38PM -0500, Stan Brown wrote:
>> Let;s just cut to the chase on this.
>> 
>> I need to be able to create, and work with larg files (> 2G) under
>> Debian Linux.  Secondly I need the moststable system for doing this,
>> as it will be a production machine.
>
>You need many things from 'unstable' (though perhaps most of them are
>now in 'testing', I haven't looked).
>
>The biggies:
>    a 2.4.x kernel
>    glibc2.1
>    lots of little things like the current fileutils, etc

	Thanks for the quick reply.

	So, it looks like I have 2 choices here (remeber I have already upgraded to
	testing).

	1. Cahnge ap-get sources to unstable, Take a deep breath, and do apt-get
	opgrade.

	2. Figure out how to get a 2.4 kerne built on "tetsting"

	2b. Find someone who has /debs for 2.4 for "testing"

	If I do 1. will I get the 2.4 kernel? 

	2 Will require me to figure out how to build the Debian way, a kernel for
	which I do not hvae .debs, since the 2.4 kerenel is not offered as a choice by
	dselect.
>
>Remember 'unstable' doesn't mean "it crashes like Windows" -- it means
>that it is constantly changing.  It's probably fine for a production
>machine though you'll have to keep up on security updates yourself.
>(And be careful of 'apt-get upgrade' since some days things may be
>broken. :))
>
>> I have no particular bias as to what filesystem type I use for this.
>
>It doesn't matter..... the limit isn't related to the filesystem
>(despite what some people keep saying), but to the kernel API and glibc.
>ext2 has supported huge files on Alpha forever... because the length of
>an 'int' is 64 bits on Alpha.... so glibc and the kernel handle it
>without any special API's.

	So are you saying I could stay with ex2fs? Are you certain of this?
>
>> How do I go about seting up a machine to do this?
>
>See above.    It works fine on 'unstable', and probably works on 'testing'
>if you upgrade the kernel to 2.4.

	Got a pointer to how to compile a 2.4 kernel, the Debian wya, on "testing"?

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