Large files on the Unix PC

[Clarence Dold]

>From article <5466 at rphroy.UUCP>, by tkacik at rphroy.UUCP (Tom Tkacik):
> The documentation for the UnixPC says that there is a 1 Meg limit on the
> size of files.  I have used files that are larger than this.

type   ulimit   at a UNIX prompt.
This returns the user limit in 512 byte blocks.
A Super user can raise this by 'ulimit 20480000', but a normal user cannot.
The kernel could be configured with a different number for
MAXFSIZE in /etc/master.

You might be able to change it in a file called /etc/icode.  I'm not sure
if icode is recognized on your level of OS.
Try this on a bootable floppy:
/etc/icode:
ulimit 128000
exec /etc/init



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