[NCLUG] filesystem question

[Elena Jakubikova]

Thanks to all who answered my question. I upgraded to RedHat 7.2 and my 
problem is gone. It was not even necessary to recompile the application 
writing the large file.

Elena


>From: Sean Reifschneider <jafo-nclug at tummy.com>
>Reply-To: nclug at nclug.org
>To: nclug at nclug.org
>Subject: Re: [NCLUG] filesystem question
>Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 00:04:46 -0600
>
>On Thu, Jul 11, 2002 at 05:08:11PM -0600, Elena Jakubikova wrote:
> >I use Red Hat 7.0 OS and I am having a problem with the fact that the
> >maximum size a file can have is restricted to 2 GB. Is there any way to
> >increase this maximum size or is it something impossible to change?
> >I would appreciate any help with this problem.
>
>Upgrading to RedHat 7.2 or better may help this.  It depends on what
>application is having problems writing the file.  If it's a normal system
>application, 7.3 may do the job.  If it's some application you've added on
>and/or compiled yourself, you will probably have to compile it with "large
>file support" (LFS).  How you do this depends on what the application is.
>
>Sean
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Elena Jakubikova
graduate student
Department of Chemistry
Colorado State University


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