Linux max file size (was Re: Squeak practical use?)
Lex Spoon
lex at cc.gatech.edu
Tue Jan 29 01:42:00 UTC 2002
John Hinsley <jhinsley at telinco.co.uk> wrote:
> 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.
>
Although, you'll need a very new VM to be able to access such large
files. I got the stuff to compile, but I haven't tried it!
-Lex
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