V/AT2.3 Hard Disk File Size Limit?
Mark B. Cohen
markc at wpi.wpi.edu
Wed Feb 21 18:29:31 AEST 1990
My apologies if this has been covered before: I only picked up
this group about six months ago. (When I got my V/AT)
I keep encountering what appears to be an intrinsic file
size limit on hard disk files: Any attempt by any program
to write a file larger than 1,228,800 bytes fails.
Of course, 1228800 bytes is exactly 1200Kb.
The buglist -- excuse me... "open problems" -- listed in the
release notes for V/AT make no mention of a file size limit problem.
There is plenty of available space and inodes on either disk
(it's a two disk installation). The csh limit command returns all
"unlimiteds". Programs encountering this problem include
uPort's tar and cpio, as well as uncompress and Kermit.
Does anyone know of a fix/workaround/kernel patch/driver replacement/etc/etc??
If this is an existing "open problem" [ feature? :) ], should Microport be
notified? Would it even be worthwhile to notify them if this is the case?
Thanks in advance,
Mark Cohen
P.S. Does anyone else have a Leading Edge M-H? Please write if you do.
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