enable large file system on linux

[Gerard Powell]

Can somebody tell me the command to enable large file systems in linux.

tks & rgds,
Powell.

[Slawomir Gora]

Hi,

what type of file system do you use ?

Default linux fs - ext3 has large files enabled by default.

For limitations of filesystems look at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_file_systems

[Steven E. Protter]

Shalom Gerald,

largefiles is enabled by default on ext2 and ext3 linux systems.

Transfer a file bigger than 2 GB and check.

SEP

[Ivan Ferreira]

Large files are used by default in Linux since VFS. Unless you are using a too old linux version, large files should be working.

There is a difference between file system support, and command/application support. Some commands/applications does not supports files larger than 2GB, like smbclient, compress, and some ftp clients.

[Delrish]

There is a patch named "large block device ".
With this patch large scsi discs are detected and sized correctly; and
it's possible create block devices using raid up to 16TB on 32-bit
platforms, and as large as you like on 64-bit platforms.

Alireza

[dirk dierickx]

are you having problems with large files?