Re: ext2 2GB Limit?

Doug McNaught (doug@wireboard.com)
23 Aug 2001 11:38:37 -0400


John Weber <weber@nyc.rr.com> writes:

> Is the 2GB limit on files for ext2 only true for linux 2.2.x on intel?

Well, for large files on Intel, you need 2.4.x (or 2.2 with LFS
patches) plus a reasonably recent glibc, plus utilities compiled
properly.

So you're generally right, but there are some caveats.

-Doug

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