Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 11 Aug 2000 19:23:36 +0100 (BST) | From | Tigran Aivazian <> | Subject | Re: super quick >2GB question |
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On Fri, 11 Aug 2000, Mark Lehrer wrote:
> > I've been reading through the latest kernel traffic trying to find a > definitive answer on this but haven't had any luck. Here's the > questions: > > 1) does linux 2.4 support >2GB files with ext2 on rh6.2 by just loading > the new kernel?
yes, the basic functionality works (i.e. for all practical purposes it is perfect). If you need something exotic like locking then I think it is currently on 2.4 TODO list as being merged.
Basically, I sucessfully ripped 3G worth of audio tracks, cat'd them all together as one file and lame(1)'d them all into a single (much smaller!) mp3 file. So it is safe to say - it just works. And I didn't upgrade glibc or anything like that. I only upgrade the kernel (and all other relevant bits like modutils).
Regards, Tigran
> > 2) if not, what is required to support larger files on i386?
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