Re: 2.1.108: file sizes > 2GB with ext2?

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Tue, 14 Jul 1998 23:00:11 +0100 (BST)


> I need a file bigger than 2GB, but apparently there's a limit of
> 2147479552 bytes for the file size :-( Is this correct? Is there an
> option I can use to have larger files?

Yep its correct. That is 2^31 bytes (ie signed long of bytes)

> I've seen this as a wishlist for 2.2, but haven't found anything else...
> This is in a raid5 array with kernel 2.1.108-ac2.

On the 64bit platforms (Ultrasparc, Alpha) larger files are now available

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