Wes Bauske (wsb@paralleldata.com)
Mon, 01 Mar 1999 13:06:04 -0600
Stefan Schroepfer wrote:
>
> Wes Bauske wrote:
> >
> > Update.
> >
> > I just created a file not quite 5GB on my 164LX without
> > any apparent errors. I read it back to make sure it worked
> > and it looks OK. [...]
>
> Wes: Thank you very much for trying this out!
>
> So I can go to our video edition group and say
> "Just take an Alpha".
>
Do keep in mind my comment on NFS V3. Without it,
you won't be able to see those big files using NFS V2.
I have around 100GB of NFS'd disk space on my systems
and it is a pain that Linux can't see the large files.
Someone a while back said NFS V3 would work if you got
the proper patches but I never did find them.
Also, watch out for various file utilities that do not
correctly handle such large files. Last time I looked,
rcp would cause major trouble against a large file,
probably due to some structure it was linked with not
being updated. If you're seriously considering Linux
for this, it seems prudent to wait for a distribution
built against a 2.2 kernel and headers. That way, all
the utilities will have the correct headers in their build.
Wes
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