large files

[Michels, Gustavo [EES/BR]]

Hi,

Try XFS, ReiserFS, Ext3, and so on.

cheers
Gustavo

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Petter T. Olsson [mailto:po26 at ulfhild.cornell.edu]
> Sent: quarta-feira, 17 de outubro de 2001 11:57
> To: kai at cmail.ru; Joseph Loo
> Cc: samba list
> Subject: RE: large files
> 
> 
> Is there a filesystem for Linux that will get around this problem?
> 
> Thanks
> P
> 
> ---
> Petter T. Olsson
> Consultant/Advisor II
> Cornell University
> Veterinary College CPPS/DCS
> Ithaca, NY 14853-6401
> (607) 253-3411 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew V. Samoilov [mailto:kai at cmail.ru] 
> Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2001 9:51 AM
> To: Joseph Loo
> Cc: samba list
> Subject: Re: large files
> 
> 
> Joseph Loo wrote:
> 
> > I am not sure but you might be running into the limitations of the 
> > ext2 file ssytem. I believe it has a 4 Gbyte limitation on a single 
> > file. You might have to consider another file system for your large 
> > files.
> >
> 
> ext2 fs limitation is 2GB blocks. Block is at least 1024 bytes long.
> 
> 
> >
> > Ivan Fernandez wrote:
> >
> >> I'm reposting this problem (perhaps a bug) now I've got more 
> >> information on it. This is another point of view of the 
> situation and
> 
> >> I hope someone could have run into the same trouble before (and 
> >> solved it :-))
> >>
> >> This is it:
> >>
> >>         * with ntbackup 2000 I create a 22Gb .bkf file in 
> the windows
> 
> >> machine.
> >>
> >>         * I can copy that file over a samba share and get correct 
> >> info form the file in windows explorer.
> >>
> >>         * ls -l also returns correct info, *WHILE* stat, mc, and 
> >> other programs raise up with an error regarding a value 
> too high for 
> >> defined data type.
> >>
> >
> Some program was compiled with large file support, some without. MC
> 4.5.55 can be configured with --enable-largefile. This also fixes some
> mc problems over ntfs on 2.4 kernels.
> 
> >>
> >>         * If I try to create the file with ntbackup 
> directly over the
> 
> >> share, it gets downsized to 0 bytes and grows slowly while 
> ntbackup 
> >> dies when the file crosses the 4 Gb (exactly) size.
> >>
> >>         *I have compiled myself version 2.2.2 of samba and, 
> >> surprisingly, the 4Gb "limit" situation described above was taken 
> >> down to 2 Gb exactly.
> >>
> >> Any idea on what's happening, please??
> >>
> >
> Please mail me kernel and glibc versions.
> 
> > --
> > Joseph Loo
> > jloo at acm.org
> >
> >
> 
> Regards,
> Andrew.
> 
> 
> 
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