On Tuesday, 29 April 2003, at 14:09:44 -0400,
Selimaj, Naxhije wrote:
> Does LVM support files greater that 2GB?
> I'm running the default LVM (1.0.3) on RH8. I currently have a 1.2TB
> LVM ext3 filesystem mounted. If >2GB file is supported, what changes
> need to be made to my existing setup.
>
I think the 2 GB limit on files is a filesystem limitation, not a block
device limitation, and as LVM is a block device level feature, it should
not impose any limits on file sizes.
As far as I know, RH8 is recent enough to fully support large files
(greater than 2 GB), but maybe you are using some sort of application
not ported still to support large files, or an application on your.
I seem to remember that things like "old" cpio didn't support large
files, check if this is the case with "strace", and look for file
open()'s with flags O_LARGEFILE. From open(2):
O_LARGEFILE
On 32-bit systems that support the Large Files System, allow
files whose sizes cannot be represented in 31 bits to be opened.
Hope it helps.
--
Jose Luis Domingo Lopez
Linux Registered User #189436 Debian Linux Sid (Linux 2.5.69)
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