[Zope] Large File Support ?!

Bill Anderson bill@libc.org
20 Mar 2001 09:35:56 -0700


On 20 Mar 2001 14:04:25 +0100, karthick ramanarayanan wrote:
> Hi,
>    First,the 2 Gig Limit is a problem with 32 bit systems because of the signed int offset,which gives you an upper limit of 2^31 -1 bytes.
> But,you can check if your system supports higher file sizes.
> For example,a 'ulimit -f` on my RHL 6.2,printed 'unlimited'.
> I presume I should be able to create 2 GIG files and access them successfully.Anyway you can also alternatively check the /etc/login.defs file for any ULIMIT Definitions.


That would be an incorrect presumption, IIRC.IIRC, ulimit only reports
that which the sysadmin
 has limited you to. To get LFS, you need amodified kernel (or 2.4.x).
For RHL7.x, you want 
the 'enterpise' kernel rpm installed, and then, of course, to boot said
kernel.
The other route is, of course, upgrade to 2.4.x (where x >=2, IMO), or
get the LFS patch, 
apply, and build.

Bill