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J.D._3
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‎12-04-2003 11:08 AM

‎12-04-2003 11:08 AM

largefiles option in linux ext3 filesystem

All,

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.

J.D.
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Stuart Browne
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‎12-04-2003 11:57 AM

‎12-04-2003 11:57 AM

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Re: largefiles option in linux ext3 filesystem

Assuming your kernel can cope with large files (any 2.4 kernel), it's on by default.

You don't have to enable it.
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Mark Grant
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‎12-04-2003 07:20 PM

‎12-04-2003 07:20 PM

Re: largefiles option in linux ext3 filesystem

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.
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