Re: 2GIG-file

From: marek@foundmoney.com
Date: Thu Aug 03 2000 - 18:05:23 EST


Thank you very much :)

Erik Arjan Hendriks wrote:

> marek@foundmoney.com wrote:
> > >
> > > I have a 3.4 Gig file(on NT) that I need to import into a database on
> > > unix machine, RH6.2, knowing there's a limitation of 2 GIG how would you
> > >
> > > suggest I do this ?,
> >
> > Use a kernel supporting "large files". Two possibilities are:
> >
> > 2.4 kernel
> >
> > 2.2.x kernel with the LFS patch. http://www.scyld.com has a patch that
> > successfully applies from 2.2.12 through 2.2.17. That patch introduced
> > an error in fcntl processing (I submitted a patch to Scyld, and I can
> > provide it to you), but I don't know if they've applied it yet. The LFS
> > patch is stable, I've run terabytes through it.
>
> We've just put up another version of our LFS stuff. I've applied all
> the patches I received. (Thanks for sending) The interface stuff has
> been changed a bit to match 2.3.x/2.4.x and glibc 2.1.3. (So if you
> use this new stuff, you'll need to upgrade your glibc again.)
>
> http://www.scyld.com/software/lfs.html
>
> - Erik
>
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