From chemistry-request # - at - # server.ccl.net Thu Feb 8 11:55:40 2001 Received: from mserve1.acs.ucalgary.ca (postfix ^at^ mserve1.acs.ucalgary.ca [136.159.34.51]) by server.ccl.net (8.11.0/8.11.0) with ESMTP id f18Gtew10461 for ; Thu, 8 Feb 2001 11:55:40 -0500 Received: from ucalgary.ca (acs1.acs.ucalgary.ca [136.159.34.221]) by mserve1.acs.ucalgary.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3FD521126 for ; Thu, 8 Feb 2001 09:55:39 -0700 (MST) Received: from localhost (patchkov: at :localhost) by ucalgary.ca (AIX4.3/8.9.3/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA23106 for ; Thu, 8 Feb 2001 09:55:38 -0700 Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2001 09:55:33 -0700 (MST) From: Serguei Patchkovskii X-Sender: patchkov %-% at %-% acs1.acs.ucalgary.ca To: chemistry /at\ccl.net Subject: Re: CCL:Linux 2.4.0 and 2 GB promlem Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Hannes Loeffler wrote: > Yes, it works on Linux/Alpha but not Linux/i386. I am sorry, but that's still false. As others have mentioned, x86 2.4 Linux kernels support files larger than 2Gbytes on ext2 file systems. Although the large file support didn't make it into the previous stable Linux kernel stream, the necessary patches against 2.2 kernels are readily available. In fact, these patches are already included in 2.2 kernels, coming with some pre-packeged distributitions - such as Suse. (Scyld Beowulf distribution also supports large files on x86 - but I do not know whether they use 2.2 kernels) Other Linux distributions, such as Red Hat, have chosen not to include LFS patches into their 2.2 kernels. At the same time, Red Hat 7/x86 ships with LFS-aware libc - so that switching to a 2.4 kernel, or including LFS patches into an RH 2.2 kernel, will give you large file support. Caveat: None of my Linux/x86 systems are used for productuion calculations. As such, I have no direct experience with using LFS-aware x86 Linux kernels. /Serge.P --- Home page: http://www.cobalt.chem.ucalgary.ca/ps/