Linux max file size (was Re: Squeak practical use?)

John Hinsley jhinsley at telinco.co.uk
Mon Jan 28 23:16:45 UTC 2002


Bob Hartwig wrote:

> And it is perfectly cross-platform - I routinely record on Windows and Linux using the same code base. Though Linux seems to have an OS limitation of 2 GB files.

This was true of 2.2 kernels. Switch to 2.4 and you'll have a _much_
higher limit (and generally a faster system to boot). (Can't remember
what the limit is, though....... ;-) Anyway, a lot of the special
effects people are now using this kernel in huge rendering farms.

Cheers

John

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