Yes, it is true, however it has been rectified in the new Linux 2.4 kernel.
If you upgrade to the new kernel you will no longer have the problem.
Jason Wylie
----- Original Message -----
From: "Yuguang Mu" <ygmu_at_theochem.uni-frankfurt.de>
To: <amber_at_cgl.ucsf.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2001 11:12 PM
Subject: disk file larger than 2 GB
> Dear Amber users,
>
> I have encountered such a problem in calculate charges
> with GAMESS, when the size of the temperary file (F08.dat)
> is exceeding 2 GB, our linux system seems dead.
> Our hard disk has enough space (20 GB).
>
> So it seems to me that the linux system only allows the
> size of one single file less than 2 GB.
>
> It is true ? How can I increase the limit?
>
> Thank you in advance !
>
> Yuguang
>
>
> Dr. Yuguang Mu
> Institute for Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
> J.W. Goethe University Frankfurt am Main
> Marie Curie Str. 11
> 60439 Frankfurt/Main, Germany
> Tel: +49-(0)69-798-29711
>
Received on Wed Feb 14 2001 - 23:59:25 PST