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Re: Filesize limit exceeded on ext3



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On 11/16/07 09:04, André Wendt wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm running a benchmark program on Lenny that writes into a file and
> repeatedly exits once the filesize reaches 2,099,204 bytes. This is on ext3.
> 
> $ ulimit -f
> unlimited
> 
> $ uname -a
> Linux think 2.6.22-2-686 #1 SMP Fri Aug 31 00:24:01 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux
> 
> This doesn't seem to be a problem for other programs. I have a
> VirtualBox snapshot as large as 2,587,808 bytes.
> 
> Any hints as to what's going on? Please CC me, I'm not on the list.

2 megabytes?  Computers have been able to create 2MB files for 40 years.

So, why are you blaming ext3 when there is *obviously* some other
explanation?

Like running out of room on the device.

- --
Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA  USA

%SYSTEM-F-FISH, my hovercraft is full of eels
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