Re: Version 2.4.1 has ext2 problems.

[Petr Vandrovec]

On  2 Feb 01 at 14:44, Richard B. Johnson wrote:

> # rm *
> rm: cannot remove `#1006': Value too large for defined data type
> rm: cannot remove `#1057': Value too large for defined data type
> rm: cannot remove `#1140': Value too large for defined data type
> ls: #588: Value too large for defined data type
> [SNIPPED...]
> 
> lstat("#1057", 0xbffff2c0)              = -1 EOVERFLOW (Value too large for defined data type)

Too old fileutils, and maybe glibc. They do not handle >2GB files.
And 'rm', for some strange reason, first 'lstat' file before removing
it. As workaround, do:

cd lost+found
for a in *; do echo > $a; done
rm *

BTW, who created that files? Maybe there is some way to get through
2GB limit check without saying O_LARGEFILE? But more probably stupid 
software using O_LARGEFILE without knowing consequences...
                                                      Petr Vandrovec
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