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Re: 2GB filesize limit?

To: Mike Burger <mburger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: 2GB filesize limit?
From: Axel Thimm <Axel.Thimm@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 18:15:46 +0100
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On Thu, Nov 18, 2004 at 11:28:59AM -0500, Mike Burger wrote:
> I'm (still) running RHL9 with Axel Thimm's 2.4.20-35_39 kernel, and ran into
> a 2GB filesize limitation while trying to download the FC3 DVD ISO file,
> which weighs in at about 2.6GB.
> 
> Quotas are enabled, but I currently have hard and soft limits set to 
> unlimited.
> 
> I was under the impression that this would not be an issue.  Any help in 
> overcoming this issue would be greatly appreciated.

That might be a server side issue (Some apaches have a 2GB
barrier). Try

dd if=/dev/zero of=/path/to/xfs/partition/bigfile bs=1M count=2600

to verify whether the xfs partition can cope with 2GB+.
-- 
Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net

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