Re: file size on intel.. limit 2^31 please?

[Timothy Shimmin <tes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Phil,

On Sun, Apr 29, 2001 at 05:33:09PM -0500, carinhas wrote:
> 
>   Running XFS on 2.4.3-xfs, intel k6. Cant seem to make a file larget than
>  2^31 bytes. Is this a platform limitation, or can I make an xfs with a larger
>  limit?
> 
>   -Phil C.

I have not tried this (others definitely have) but apparently you 
need a glibc with LFS (Large File Support) and associated unix utilities 
that have been compiled with LFS.

(This sounds to me like a FAQ - but I didn't find it in our XFS FAQ.)

--Tim