Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Fri, 28 Sep 2001 10:13:09 +0200 (CEST) | From | Ingo Molnar <> | Subject | Re: 2GB File limitation |
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On Fri, 28 Sep 2001, Bobby Hitt wrote:
> Is someone working on a way to overcome the 2GB file limitation in > Linux? I currently backup several servers using a dedicated hard drive > for the backups. Recently I saw one backup die saying the the file > size had been exceeded. I've never had good luck with tape backups, > yes they backup, but whenever I really need a file, it can't be > retrieved.
file sizes up to ~ 2 TB are supported under the 2.4 kernel. (or 2.2 kernel + patches) Most utilities are updated to use O_LARGEFILE properly, in any recent 2.4-based Linux distribution. I regularly use 6-10 GB files.
Ingo
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