On 24 Jan, Steve Hsieh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It seems that on Debian, the maximum single file size on ext2fs is 1GB and > not 2GB. Can someone confirm this, and suggest how to fix the problem, > if possible?
To which Stephen P. Ryan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> replied: > > I no longer have the space to test this, but I did have a 2GB file in > a 2.5GB partition on a Debian 1.3 system several months ago. Well, I've got a bunch of free space here. Let's see: $ # Try to make a 1.5GB file. $ perl -le '$_=6x1023; print while ++$i<=1024*512*3' > big $ ls -l big -rw-r--r-- 1 kirk kirk 1073741824 Jan 24 22:53 big $ echo "hello" >> big $ ls -l big -rw-r--r-- 1 kirk kirk 1073741824 Jan 24 22:55 big $ wc big 1048576 1048576 1073741824 big Exactly 1GB. FWIW, this is a 486/33 running stock Debian 1.3 using the kernel from a 1997-06-20 rescue disk. Kirk Hilliard -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
