file size limit 2GB suse 10 SP2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server SLES Configure-Administer
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Hi all

Have a customer with SUSE 10 SP2 installation (yes, its old, but it runs)…
Kernel 2.6.16.60-0.33-smp X86_64 GNU/Linux

rpm -q reiserfs
reiserfs-3.6.19-19.8

Filesystem is reiserfs

LFS (large file support) should work regarding kernel and reiserfs requirements, but i can’t create files greate 2 GB.

where is my failure ? what can i do ?

regards

thomas

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Hi Thomas,

[QUOTE=thomasbenz;17734]Hi all

Have a customer with SUSE 10 SP2 installation (yes, its old, but it runs)…[/QUOTE]

well, you’re here because it doesn’t :wink: And it’s not only old, but unsupported in every way.

[QUOTE=thomasbenz;17734]Kernel 2.6.16.60-0.33-smp X86_64 GNU/Linux

rpm -q reiserfs
reiserfs-3.6.19-19.8

Filesystem is reiserfs

LFS (large file support) should work regarding kernel and reiserfs requirements, but i can’t create files greate 2 GB.

where is my failure ? what can i do ?[/QUOTE]

You might want to check if there’s a ulimit on mx file sizes in effect (“ulimit -f”).

Regards,
Jens

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Hi Thomas,

here’s a link to the SLES10SP2 documentation (German version) where the file size limits of the file systems are listed in table 25.2 (in conjunction with the extra comment about actual limits): https://www.suse.com/de-de/documentation/sles10/book_sle_reference/data/sec.filesystems.lfs.html#tab.maxsize.

2GB is way below those documented limits :), so my bet is on “ulimit”.

Regards,
Jens