https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/largefiles-option-in-linux-ext3-filesystem/m-p/3136764#M8366 Assuming your kernel can cope with large files (any 2.4 kernel), it's on by default.<BR /><BR />You don't have to enable it. Thu, 04 Dec 2003 19:57:05 GMT Stuart Browne 2003-12-04T19:57:05Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/largefiles-option-in-linux-ext3-filesystem/m-p/3136763#M8365 All,<BR /><BR />Is there a largefiles option in a linux ext3 filesystem via the mkfs.ext3 or equivalent command? The largefiles option I'm looking for is something equivalent to HP-UX "newfs -F vxfs -o largefiles" command. If I recall, we did this for HP-UX so we could tar files larger than 2 gig. Thanks in advance.<BR /><BR />J.D. Thu, 04 Dec 2003 19:08:26 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/largefiles-option-in-linux-ext3-filesystem/m-p/3136763#M8365 J.D._3 2003-12-04T19:08:26Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/largefiles-option-in-linux-ext3-filesystem/m-p/3136764#M8366 Assuming your kernel can cope with large files (any 2.4 kernel), it's on by default.<BR /><BR />You don't have to enable it. Thu, 04 Dec 2003 19:57:05 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/largefiles-option-in-linux-ext3-filesystem/m-p/3136764#M8366 Stuart Browne 2003-12-04T19:57:05Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/largefiles-option-in-linux-ext3-filesystem/m-p/3136765#M8367 Just as an addition, setting largefiles on HPUX doesn't allow you to tar files larger than 2GB as "tar" can't copy files of that size. Fri, 05 Dec 2003 03:20:34 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/largefiles-option-in-linux-ext3-filesystem/m-p/3136765#M8367 Mark Grant 2003-12-05T03:20:34Z