Hi, On Thu, Aug 23, 2001 at 04:15:18PM +1000, CaT wrote: > On Wed, Aug 22, 2001 at 11:04:02PM -0700, Dmitriy wrote: > > On Thu, Aug 23, 2001 at 01:08:27PM +1200, David McNab wrote: > > > Can someone please point me in the right direction for enabling Debian > > > to work with large files. > > > Can I do it without having to recompile the kernel or recompiling glibc > > > progs? > > > > > > I tried 'apt-cache search large files support', and 'apt-cache search > > > lfs', but nothing meaningful came up. > > > > I'm not really an expert on this topic, > > but I heard that you need 2.4 kernel, and glibc compiled against 2.4 > > headers. > > Correct. > > After installing the 2.4 kernel do an apt-get -b source glibc in a work > directory and then install what's spewed out. :) > > You'll then need to recompile any utils you want to work with LFS against > the new glibc. > > > So looks like you are SOL :-( > > Not really. Just in a bit of pain. :) > Actually he said w/o compiling anything, so that why I said SOL, because he will have to compile kernel and loads of other stuff. Are there plans BTW to enable LFS in woody or sarge? > -- > CaT "As you can expect it's really affecting my sex life. I can't help > it. Each time my wife initiates sex, these ejaculating hippos keep > floating through my mind." > - Mohd. Binatang bin Goncang, Singapore Zoological Gardens > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-request@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org -- GPG key-id: 1024D/5BE3DCFD Dmitriy CCAB 5F17 A099 9E43 1DBE 295C 9A21 2F1C 5BE3 DCFD Adobe put Dmitry in jail for the crime against society of revealing that they were selling ROT-13 as "encryption." He is rotting in US rison as a political prisoner for speaking out. Free Dmitry Sklyarov! http://www.freesklyarov.org
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