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Re: encounter a 4 GB file size limit

To: Todd Raeker <raeker@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: encounter a 4 GB file size limit
From: Steve Lord <lord@xxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2001 08:49:09 -0600
Cc: linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx
Comments: In-reply-to Todd Raeker <raeker@umich.edu> message dated "Mon, 29 Oct 2001 09:43:59 -0500."
References: <01102909435902.11332@chemraeker1>
Sender: owner-linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Hi All,
> 
> I have just installed xfs for linux on my RedHat 7.1 with the 
> 2.4.3-SGI_XFS_1.0.1 kernel.  All has gone well except that I encounter a 4 GB
>  
> (4194624 k reported from df -k)  file size limit on an 15 GB xfs filesystem 
> rather than essentially unlimited size.  I have played around with a fe 
> tuning options but always get the exact same limit each time.  No errors pop 
> up in any logs.  My test program just keeps writing as if nothing is wrong 
> but the file stops growing after 4194624 k has been written in the sequential
>  
> file.  
> 
> Any hints as to what may be wrong and/or how to fix this would be greatly 
> appreciated as 4 GB is not enough?

Check the output of the limit command in csh or tcsh, or the ulimit -a
command in bash. It could also be an application issue if the binary
was not built with LFS (large file support) built in.

Steve


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