Re: ext2 file sizes

Alexander Kjeldaas (astor@fast.no)
Thu, 16 Sep 1999 11:43:08 +0200

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On Wed, Sep 15, 1999 at 11:48:07AM -0400, 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?
>

You will have to run another OS like FreeBSD for this to work - or
wait for Linux to catch up. Which will probably take some time.

astor

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