Re: Files > 2G on ext2 in 2.4.0?

[Mike A. Harris]

On 29 Jun 2000, Andreas Jaeger wrote:

>Date: 29 Jun 2000 13:55:09 +0200
>From: Andreas Jaeger <[e-mail]>
>To: Khimenko Victor <[e-mail]>
>Cc: [e-mail], [e-mail]
>Subject: Re: Files > 2G on ext2 in 2.4.0?
>
>>>>>> Khimenko Victor writes:
>
> > 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
>That's wrong.  
> > 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)...
>
>glibc 2.1.3 supports all current LFS features of Linux 2.4.0test2 -
>and you're right, you've got to recompile glibc with current kernel
>headers.

So, all one would have to do on a RH6.x system is install 2.4.0
source, rebuild the glibc RPM, and upgrade the glibc
installation?

If this were done, would the newly compiled glibc still work with
2.2.x kernels?  Or is it an all or nothing deal?

Thanks,
TTYL

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