Re: How do I get larg file support?
Stan Brown wrote:
>
> 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.
Nah, I'd change sources.list, but then do apt-get install
kernel-sources-2.4.x-y.
Why risk bringing in cruft you don't need? And the kernel source seems
pretty independent of any other.
>
> 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.
1. make menuconfig to configure the kernel you're going to build.
2. make-kpkg buildpackage to create a deb with the kernel image and
modules.
3. dpkg -i /usr/src/kernel-image.x-y.deb to install it all.
4. reboot
5. If shit don't work, goto 1. :-)
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