Linux-kernel mailing list archive 2000-26,: Re: Files > 2G on ext2 in 2.4.0?

# Re: Files > 2G on ext2 in 2.4.0?

Khimenko Victor (khim@sch57.msk.ru)
Thu, 29 Jun 2000 14:19:52 +0400 (MSD)

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In <Pine.LNX.4.21.0006290609150.724-100000@asdf.capslock.lan> Mike A. Harris (mharris@meteng.on.ca) wrote:
> Does the 2.4.0 kernel support files > 2G on 32bit architectures
> using the ext2 or any other linux supported filesystem?

Yes.

> Someone is wanting to make tar files > 2G in Linux ia32 on ext2
> and it is failing. I told them it is a kernel limitation on
> ia32, and that I'd try and find out if 2.4.0 corrects this
> limitation.

Hmm. 2.4.0 corrected this limitation all right. But it DOES NOT mean you can
use file > 2G now: bottleneck is GLibC this time. You need version 2.2 (not
released yet) to use files > 2G on ia32 (or was it added to late 2.1.x after
all? not such a big difference in fact: you must recompile it against latest
kernel headers even if support is there)...

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