Re: disk file larger than 2 GB

From: <Mite51_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Wed 14 Feb 2001 23:59:25 -0800

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
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