Subject: Re: ext2fs and largefile
To: Frank Naumann <fnaumann@boerde.de>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
List: tech-kern
Date: 09/08/2005 22:46:56
On Thu, Sep 08, 2005 at 11:22:35AM +0200, Frank Naumann wrote:
> Hello!
>
> I have a question about ext2fs and largefiles on it. Looks like it's not
> really supported. I installed the e2fsprogs under NetBSD and created a
> normally ext2 partition with mke2fs. It worked fine so far and was
> perfectly accessible from NetBSD and WinXP. Under WinXP with the ext2
> driver I copied a large file (above 4gb) into this partition. As side
> effect the large_file bit in the features of the superblock is set
> (EXT2_FEATURE_RO_COMPAT_LARGE_FILE). And now it's no longer accessible
> from NetBSD (only read only mountable). But on automatic startup
> fsck_ext2fs always fails and let the system go into single user mode.
Yes, ext2fs large file is not supported yet.
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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
NetBSD: 26 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
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