> In article <linux.kernel.Pine.LNX.3.95.990915150738.775A-100000@chaos.analogic.com>,
> Richard B. Johnson <root@chaos.analogic.com> wrote:
> >On Wed, 15 Sep 1999, 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?
> >>
> >
> >Note that on a 32-bit machine, toff_t, used as fpos_t, for file offsets,
> >i.e., lseek, is unsigned 32 bits. You will not be able to access such a
> >file on a 32-bit machine.
>
> Sure you will; either via the traditional start-at-the-front and
> read 'til you're finished method, or relative lseek, or llseek.
>
I note you deleted the rest of the answer including the working being
done with the long-long on Linux. This abuse is unconsionable.
So try it and see.
Cheers,
Dick Johnson
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