Re: File size limit exceeded for files > 2GB

[John Summerfield <debian@ComputerDatasafe.com.au>]

Emiliano wrote:

> Hy everibody,
> when creating files bigger than 2GB I get error "File size limit
> exceeded"...
> I use woody, kernel 2.6.7, libc6 2.3.2.ds1-13, and this is the output
> from ulimit -a:
>
> core file size        (blocks, -c) 0
> data seg size         (kbytes, -d) unlimited
> file size             (blocks, -f) unlimited
> max locked memory     (kbytes, -l) 32768
> max memory size       (kbytes, -m) unlimited
> open files                    (-n) 1024
> pipe size          (512 bytes, -p) 8
> stack size            (kbytes, -s) 8192
> cpu time             (seconds, -t) unlimited
> max user processes            (-u) 10239
> virtual memory        (kbytes, -v) unlimited
>
>
> I can't get the solution to this problem.
> Have I to recompile the utilities ( scp, ftp and so on ) against new
> kernel headers? ( hope this is not necessary).

It "should" just work. To support files larger than 2 Gbytes you need 
any 2.4 or later kernel,  libc 2.2 and later. I frequently handle files 
larger than that - the _only_ system that gives me grief is my Mac (OSX).

I'm looking right now at a file that's hosted on Woody, kernel 
2.4.18-1-686, libc 2.2.5.

If you're using a 2.6 kernel and libc6 2.3 then it's evident it's far 
from standard Woody and whatever you've done to it may well be the 
source of your problems.



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Cheers
John

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