From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 23 Aug 2001 11:39:02 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 23 Aug 2001 11:38:52 -0400 Received: from [216.151.155.121] ([216.151.155.121]:3590 "EHLO belphigor.mcnaught.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 23 Aug 2001 11:38:43 -0400 To: John Weber Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: ext2 2GB Limit? In-Reply-To: <3B851EE9.80406@nyc.rr.com> From: Doug McNaught Date: 23 Aug 2001 11:38:37 -0400 In-Reply-To: John Weber's message of "Thu, 23 Aug 2001 11:19:05 -0400" Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.0806 (Gnus v5.8.6) XEmacs/21.1 (20 Minutes to Nikko) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org John Weber writes: > Is the 2GB limit on files for ext2 only true for linux 2.2.x on intel? Well, for large files on Intel, you need 2.4.x (or 2.2 with LFS patches) plus a reasonably recent glibc, plus utilities compiled properly. So you're generally right, but there are some caveats. -Doug -- Free Dmitry Sklyarov! http://www.freesklyarov.org/ We will return to our regularly scheduled signature shortly.