Re: ext2 file sizes
david parsons (o.r.c@p.e.l.l.p.o.r.t.l.a.n.d.o.r.u.s)
15 Sep 1999 13:34:04 -0700
In article <linux.kernel.Pine.LNX.3.95.990915150738.775A-100000@chaos.analogic.com>,
Richard B. Johnson <root@chaos.analogic.com> wrote:
>On Wed, 15 Sep 1999, Blankenship, Keith wrote:
>
>> I am having some difficulty with the ext2 file systems. I need to generate a
>> file that will be > 5 Gigabytes, and there appears to be a file size cap at
>> approximately 2 Gig. I am running what appears to be a version 2.0.36
>> Kernel. Is there anything I can adjust, or do to increase the maximum file
>> size? Or is there a newer kernel that may work?
>>
>
>Note that on a 32-bit machine, toff_t, used as fpos_t, for file offsets,
>i.e., lseek, is unsigned 32 bits. You will not be able to access such a
>file on a 32-bit machine.
Sure you will; either via the traditional start-at-the-front and
read 'til you're finished method, or relative lseek, or llseek.
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david parsons \bi/ relative seek is a pretty old method.
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