[ale] [Fwd: Large capture files.]

[Chris Ricker]

On Wed, 13 Jan 1999, Wandered Inn wrote:

> Anyone know if this is true?
> 

Yes and no.  On 32-bit platforms, ext2 only supports 2-gig file sizes
(though much bigger partitions).  Doing anything larger is difficult to do
w/in 32 bits.  There are patches available (and I've got the best one saved
someplace, so let me know if you need it) to add support for larger files on
32-bit platforms, but they're (a) a bit of a hack, obviously, and (b) too
late for inclusion in 2.2.  2.3 is expected to get larger file support for
32-bit (possibly).

On 64-bit platforms, ext2 supports and always has supported much larger
files.  I think the limit is 4 TB, though I didn't do the math to check
that.  If large file support for 32-bit doesn't appear in 2.3, it will be
because a sizable contingent of the developers are of the opinion that if
you need larger files, you upgrade to real hardware ;-).

later,
chris

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Chris Ricker                                            kaboom at gatech.edu
                                               chris.ricker at m.cc.utah.edu

> Gregory Hosler wrote:
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > in a recent PC Week Online article, there was a mention that Linux does not
> > support files bigger than 2gb.
> > 
> >         http://www.zdnet.com/pcweek/stories/news/0,4153,383862,00.html
> > 
> > is this reality ?
> > 
> > thx, and rgds,
> > 
> > -Greg
> > 
> > ----------------------------------
> > E-Mail: Gregory Hosler <gregory.hosler at eno.ericsson.se>
> > Date: 13-Jan-99
> > Time: 14:18:189
> > 
> > "And where were you at 00:00:00 GMT, January 1, 1970?"
> > 
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