Re: cannot copy files larger than 40 MB from CD

J Troy Piper (jtp@dok.org)
Thu, 2 Aug 2001 14:54:09 -0500


On 2001.08.02 10:14 Alan Cox wrote:
> > > Tried vfat, ext2 and reiserfs.
> > >
> > > BTW, kernel is compiled with gcc-2.96-85, glibc-2.2.2-10 (RH 7.1) if
> > ^^^^^^^^^^^
> > > that matters.
> >
> > Have you tried compiling your kernel using kgcc?
> >
> > gcc-2.96.* is known to compile code incorrectly AFAIK, and shouldn't be
> > used for compiling kernels. (kgcc is egcs-1.1.2, I think.)
>
> [x86 hat on]
>
> egcs-1.1.2 aka kgcc wont build 2.4.7 it seems. gcc 2.96 >= 2.96.75 or so
> is
> just fine, gcc 2.95-2/3 is fine, gcc 3.0 seems to be doing the right
> thing
> -

Sounds to me like someone needs to check their ulimit.

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