FWIW, there's a good introduction & info on LFS here:
http://www.suse.de/~aj/linux_lfs.html
In short, it depends a lot on which distribution you're using, and their
flavor of glibc, as Tim said...
-Eric
Timothy Shimmin wrote:
>
> 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
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