Re: "oversized" files

Rogier Wolff (R.E.Wolff@BitWizard.nl)
Sun, 29 Jul 2001 10:17:56 +0200 (MEST)


Alan Cox wrote:

> > I have a file that is approximately 3.25GB and my system keeps
> > bitching about "Value too large for defined data type." Is there
> > any way to stop this? Since I'm sure you're wondering why I have a
> > file that large, I'm using it via loopback as my MP3 partition, so I
> > can remove it fairly quick if the need should ever arise.

> You need a 2.4 kernel and you need to be using NFSv3 to handle files >2Gb

But the error message he posted is mostly from local apps. You need
a set of apps compiled with recent GLIBC to be able to handle files
bigger than 2G.

Roger.

-- 
** R.E.Wolff@BitWizard.nl ** http://www.BitWizard.nl/ ** +31-15-2137555 **
*-- BitWizard writes Linux device drivers for any device you may have! --*
* There are old pilots, and there are bold pilots. 
* There are also old, bald pilots. 
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/