From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 27 Oct 2000 06:39:16 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 27 Oct 2000 06:39:06 -0400 Received: from dial249.pm3abing3.abingdonpm.naxs.com ([216.98.75.249]:44301 "EHLO ani.animx.eu.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 27 Oct 2000 06:38:56 -0400 Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 06:48:31 -0400 From: Wakko Warner To: kernel@kvack.org Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.4.0-test9 + LFS Message-ID: <20001027064831.A20958@animx.eu.org> In-Reply-To: <20001026215606.A19958@animx.eu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.3i In-Reply-To: ; from kernel@kvack.org on Thu, Oct 26, 2000 at 11:15:13PM -0400 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > > I attempted to create a 4gb sparce file with dd. It failed. > > I created one that was 2.1gb in size which worked. Then I appeneded more > > junk to the end of the file making it over 2.2gb. > > > > doing an ls -l shows: > > ls: x: Value too large for defined data type > > > > NOTE: this worked in 2.4.0-test6 and I believe it stopped working around > > test8, but I'm not sure. May have been around test7. > > Previous kernels allowed up to 4gb to be returned by the old stat. > Upgrade your glibc and fileutils -- most recent distributions (Red Hat, > SuSE, ...) are LFS ready, and the only reports I've seen about this > concerned Slackware. I did upgrade that and it didn't help anything. -- Lab tests show that use of micro$oft causes cancer in lab animals - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/