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Date:      Tue, 27 Jul 1999 13:51:14 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Tom <tom@uniserve.com>
To:        NT Workstation User <gdsntusr@globaldelsys.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Does freeBSD or any related freeBSDs support file larger than 2GB on 32bit x86 platforms
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9907271348450.26068-100000@shell.uniserve.ca>
In-Reply-To: <000d01bed869$ddeec110$2bc809c0@HalbartAir.com>

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On Tue, 27 Jul 1999, NT Workstation User wrote:

> I am having a pecular problem trying to run SCO binaries under the iBCS
> emulation in Linux.  I figure the problem may be related to Linux lacking
> the necesary functionality to support files larger than 2GB which this SCO
> binary supports.  I was thinking of trying freeBSD with its SCO emulation
> support but I am uncertain whether freeBSD supports files larger than 2GB on
> 32bit x86 platforms.  Anybody know the answer to this question.  Also if
...

  First of all, don't CC to so many lists.  No more than two.
freebsd-question is the most relevant here.

  FreeBSD has supported >2GB files for so long, FreeBSD users have
forgotten that some oses have a >2GB problem.

  Beware that some things don't like big files, like NFSv2, but that is
NFSv2's problem, and is fixed in NFSv3.

Tom



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