Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 14:05:02 -0400 From: Mitch Collinsworth <mkc@Graphics.Cornell.EDU> To: Gene Harris <zeus@tetron03.tetronsoftware.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, mkc@broccoli.graphics.cornell.edu Subject: Re: are files limited to 2 GB still? Message-ID: <199910261805.AA129231103@broccoli.graphics.cornell.edu> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 26 Oct 1999 12:02:46 CDT." <Pine.BSF.4.10.9910261143550.14034-100000@tetron03.tetronsoftware.com>
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You're right. I can get it onto the FBSD filesystem using ftp (pant, pant, pant is right!) and now I can access it with all the usual file utilities. Must be a 2 GB file size limitation still in NFS. Anybody know what's up with that? Ok, back to fighting with gnutar. (What makes it segfault?) -Mitch >I don't use NFS, so I cannot answer the question. I do have >a 3124599027 oracle file on my system. I did ftp the file >over to an nt enterprise system and back. (pant, pant, >pant) When I started up Oracle using the file, there were >no issues. > >Perhaps you should try to ftp the file and bypass >any nfs related issues? > >Gene > >On Tue, 26 Oct 1999, Mitch Collinsworth wrote: > >> >> >> Are individual files really still limited to 2 GB on FBSD ufs? Or have >I >> >> missed something obvious? >> > >> >What 2GB limit? >> > >> >[FreeBSD has had support for > 2GB files since '94] >> >> OK, good. So, why can't 3.2-R deal with a 4 GB file? >> >> # /bin/ls -al /remote/13 >> ls: tom.__lassiter_E.19991007.0: File too large >> ... >> >> >> >From a HP-UX 10.20 system: >> # ll /remote/13 >> -r--r----- 1 root sys 4262199296 Oct 15 18:01 >> tom.__lassiter_E.19991007.0 >> >> >> I encounter the same message no matter what program I use to try to >> access this file from the FBSD system. Could this be a NFS problem? >> The file is on the HP-UX system. When I tried to copy it to a disk >> on the FBSD system, using dd on the HP-UX system, the copy ran for >> 2 GB and then failed with "I/O Error". Trying the same with dd on >> the FBSD system the copy won't even start (File too large). >> >> -Mitch >> >> >> >> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >> with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message >> > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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