[wellylug] 2Gb Linux file size limit help

Jamie Baddeley wellylug at vpc.co.nz
Sat May 22 20:04:13 NZST 2004


I think the 2GB limit got removed post 2.4 kernel.

what does ulimit -a tell you?

jamie

On Sat, 2004-05-22 at 19:48, Wood Brent wrote:
> I'm downloading a DVD image. At 2,147,483,647 bytes I get the merror message:
> File size limit exceeded. Same with both a reiser & ext3 filesystem.
> 
> Any suggestions for a fix or workaround? 
> 
> I guess this is the 2Gb file size limit on 32 bit systems. I don't wanna get a
> 64 bit box for this just yet :-)
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
>  Brent
> 




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