Re: Is there still at 2TB limit?

From: Peter Chubb
Date: Mon Dec 22 2003 - 05:42:18 EST


>>>>> "Dale" == Dale Amon <amon@xxxxxxx> writes:

Dale> On Sun, Dec 21, 2003 at 11:14:06AM +0100, Jose Luis Domingo
Dale> Lopez wrote:
>> You will also need filesystems that support that big sizes and can
>> hold big files on them, have a look at the following URL for more
>> information: http://www.suse.de/~aj/linux_lfs.html

Dale> Thanks. I notice the notes there are quite old. Are there
Dale> libraries available now that work with LFS?

Yes. Most glibc are distributed compiled with _LARGEFILE64 support.

See also http://www.gelato.unsw.edu.au/IA64wiki/LargeBlockDevices
I haven't got around to updating for 2.6.0, but the 2.5 notes still
apply.

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