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Re: File too large problem



I just got this problem on a Mandrake box as it happens.  Using ext3 which I 
understood didn't have the 2GB limit.
Hmm.

Craig

On Thursday 16 Jan 2003 4:52 pm, berger@netmon.ch wrote:
> Hi all
>
> I got a weird (?) problem.
> I got a machine with debian woody on it (Linux version 2.4.19 (root@flora)
> (gcc version 2.95.4 20011002 (Debian prerelease)). I got with several tools
> the problem, they can not handle files bigger than 2 GB. But the Kernel
> seems okay, I also can create huge files over 2 GB. The tools I had this
> problems are for example md5sum, gpart and mkisofs (creating an iso with a
> file bigger than 2gb in it). I installed all of them via dselect. Whats
> seems strange: if I copy mkisofs or md5sum from a SuSe-Box (Linux version
> 2.2.16 (root@Pentium.suse.de) (gcc version 2.95.2 19991024 (release))) to
> the debian-box, the tools can handle huge files!
>
> Anyone got a clue?
>
> Thank you
> D.Berger



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