On Wed, 2003-08-20 at 20:01, Jukka Salmi wrote: > Damien Solley --> debian-user (2003-08-20 19:37:28 +1000): > > Old kernel version? AFAIK, you need a recent (ish) kernel to create > > files greater than 2GB. > > $ uname -sr > Linux 2.4.21-3-686-smp > > It's the latest kernel from the kernel-image-2.4-686-smp package. > > > Greetings, Jukka > > -- > bashian roulette: > $ ((RANDOM%6)) || rm -rf ~
Check out: http://www.suse.de/~aj/linux_lfs.html Both your kernel version and glibc _should_ support >2GB files. The article does mention limitations of gcc, and switches to include lfs support. Also, what file system are you using? Smbfs, fat and nfs all have issues with lfs that ext doesn't. I'm not too sure what else it could be, as large TAR archives work fine for me with a home cooked kernel and sarge/sid. Damien -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "An expert is one who knows more and more about less and less until he knows absolutely everything about nothing." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
