Re: RH8.0 and large file sizes.

[Tom Pollerman <tompollerman mail landolls com>]

On Thu, 31 Oct 2002 07:24:12 -0800
Rich Parker <RichParker fssi-ca com> wrote:

> Hi everyone.
> We have RH8.0 along with various other flavors of RH going back to
> 7.0. Here's my problem: I am having problems with WinNT '/mnt' 'ed
> servers that have very large files on them (In excess of 10GB). When
> I run my Perl programs to do some sort of 'Processing' be that a
> read of the file, or a system command like a 'cp' or 'mv' or even an
> 'ls', that it only processes 1.8 GB of the file. I was reading on
> the rmpfind.net (I think that was it), that this issue was addressed
> in RH 7.3, yet even with 8.0, the mounted devices show a max size of
> 1.8GB. What I am guessing is, is this, that this is somehow
> 'Configurable' and the default is that 'Large file support' is not
> turned on. When I join other 'Forums' or seek help through some of
> the channels, including Samba, I get this type of response,
> 'Download this ALPHA rpm and rebuild the kernel'. But there isn't
> any information about HOW to do this and what kernel rpm I need,
> it's very vague. I also prefer not having something too 'Alpha', but
> I would consider a Beta patch. But again, I think on 8.0 it is "In
> there", just not 'turned on' somehow.
> 
> Can ANYONE please give me some detailed "How to's", or better yet,
> WHERE to go (Be nice now)??? Because I've been hunting around on the
> Net for over a week now to NO AVAIL.
> 
> HELP!!
> Thanks ahead of time for ANY information you guys can shed.
> 

   The Linux NTFS Project has a RedHat page at:

    http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/info/redhat.html

   There you can find rpms for RH 7.X-8.0 compiled for NTFS, and some
instructions for selecting the correct one for your system.


                  Regards,

                    Tom