instl_combine

[Alan Taylor]

Is it possible to use instl_combine on a file image larger than 2GB.

[Michael Roberts_3]

Short answer: NO

Longer answer:
Originally instl_combine was created so that CD's could be made. Now that DVD's are here with their larger capacity we will need to change the code.

The current code makes fstat(), lseek() etc calls which handle up to 2GB. Those will need to be changed to fstat64() lseek64() etc calls to handle large files.

[Truchet Mathieu]

Are you sure it's not possible ? The Ignite faq talks about a patch which permits to use larger files. It's PHNE_17247, but I already installed it and there's no difference.

[Michael Roberts_3]

Yes, I'm sure. The system calls in instl_combine don't support files larger than 2GB.

The 2GB issue you are referring to has to do with files larger than 2GB over NFS. PHNE_23833 is the current cumulative NFS patch (11.00) that has the fix for large files (amoung other fixes).

There is also a limitation that individual files within an archive can't be larger than 2GB because of a pax limitaion.