Re: ext2 file sizes

DIPPE (mikpos@tofu.dyndns.org)
Wed, 15 Sep 1999 17:43:00 -0600 (CST)

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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?

Yes, you can adjust your computer. I can only assume you're using IA32,
which only allows for filesizes of 2**31 bytes. Switching to a 64-bit
platform should solve your problems.

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