From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Oct 26 10: 0:56 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from tetron03.tetronsoftware.com (tetron03.tetronsoftware.com [208.236.46.108]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 95EF014D8A for ; Tue, 26 Oct 1999 10:00:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from zeus@tetron03.tetronsoftware.com) Received: from tetron03.tetronsoftware.com (tetron03.tetronsoftware.com [208.236.46.108]) by tetron03.tetronsoftware.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id MAA14409; Tue, 26 Oct 1999 12:02:46 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from zeus@tetron03.tetronsoftware.com) Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 12:02:46 -0500 (CDT) From: Gene Harris To: Mitch Collinsworth Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: are files limited to 2 GB still? In-Reply-To: <199910261632.AA128475565@broccoli.graphics.cornell.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I don't use NFS, so I cannot answer the question. I do have a 3124599027 oracle file on my system. I did ftp the file over to an nt enterprise system and back. (pant, pant, pant) When I started up Oracle using the file, there were no issues. Perhaps you should try to ftp the file and bypass any nfs related issues? Gene On Tue, 26 Oct 1999, Mitch Collinsworth wrote: > > >> Are individual files really still limited to 2 GB on FBSD ufs? Or have I > >> missed something obvious? > > > >What 2GB limit? > > > >[FreeBSD has had support for > 2GB files since '94] > > OK, good. So, why can't 3.2-R deal with a 4 GB file? > > # /bin/ls -al /remote/13 > ls: tom.__lassiter_E.19991007.0: File too large > ... > > > >From a HP-UX 10.20 system: > # ll /remote/13 > -r--r----- 1 root sys 4262199296 Oct 15 18:01 > tom.__lassiter_E.19991007.0 > > > I encounter the same message no matter what program I use to try to > access this file from the FBSD system. Could this be a NFS problem? > The file is on the HP-UX system. When I tried to copy it to a disk > on the FBSD system, using dd on the HP-UX system, the copy ran for > 2 GB and then failed with "I/O Error". Trying the same with dd on > the FBSD system the copy won't even start (File too large). > > -Mitch > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message