[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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