Date: Fri, 15 Oct 1999 08:55:44 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Fabio Cesar Gozzo <fabio@iqm.unicamp.br> Cc: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Overcoming 2GB limit in linux Message-ID: <199910151555.IAA03374@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 15 Oct 1999 10:24:27 -0200." <199910151224.KAA46358@thomson.iqm.unicamp.br>
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> Hello all, > > This may be a Linux emulation FAQ, but I didn't find an answer > by searching the mailling list. > I'm running a Linux program under -stable and it usually > try to create a file bigger than 2 GB, but then it stops > with a "writing failure" message when the file reachs 2GB. > I know this is a Linux limitation, but > is there a way to overcome this 2GB file size limit under the > Linux emulation ? No. We are compatible with Linux, and that means that we have the same limits it does. > I also have the source code for this program, but porting > to FreeBSD is "no way" at the moment. Linux has some funky system/library calls to handle >2GB files; you may want to try changing the source to use them. -- \\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\ Mike Smith \\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself, \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-emulation" in the body of the message
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