2gig file size limit?

[happybunny]

I am trying to download the FC2 DVD ISO that is 4gigs in size with Opera.

When it hit 50%, Opera shutdown. When i start Opera, all is fine until i resume the download again, then Opera shuts down again.

Is there a 2gig file size limit that would be causing Opera to blowup like this?

Setup: Slack 10, 2.4.6, KDE, 146GIG IDE HD with 126GIG free space.

Thanks

[Pafnoutios]

That might be a filesystem limit, not necessarily Opera. What filesystem are you using. ext2 and ext3 both have 2GB file size limits. ReiserFS 3.5 has a 2GB file size limit. And ReiserFS 3.6 is limited by a page cache to a file size limit of 8TB on architectures with 32b integers. You'll probably have to download CD-sized isoes or create a new partition with a compatable filesystem.

[happybunny]

ext3...and thanks.

I guess ill have to do it the ol' fashioned way with CD's.

thanks again

[JsPr]

Are you sure that ext3 has a 2GB limit?
I have created backup tar.gz files with a file size of 3-4GB on ext3 without problems.
I thought that ext3 had 2TB.

[happybunny]

just found this:

http://www.suse.de/~aj/linux_lfs.html


which says 2TiB for ext3

[hard candy]

ext2/3: Filesystem up to 16 TB, individual files to 2 TB.
Reiser: Filesystem up to 17 TB, individual files to 2 TB.
JFS: Filesystem up to 32 PB, individual files to 4 PB.
XFS: Filesystem up to 16 EB, individual files to 8 EB.
NTFS: Varies, but with default block size the maximum filesystem size is 16 TB. Files are limited only by the size of the volume.


There is a limit inherent in Opera (there may be one in Firefox as well, if I remember correctly). Are you using a FTP or HTTP server? If HTTP try the FTP server. Or you can use "lynx (or links) -source "url address">filename.iso". Wget may have a size limit as well. Or try Azureus if a bittorrent is available. Or gFTP,proFTP, etc to download it.

[Icarus]

Was that a 2.4.6 kernel or a typo?

Check out this page for info on large file support, it also has a nice chart at the bottom listing filesystem size limits. But the 32-bit limit is 4GB, I've never fully understood the 2GB filesize limit...hopefuly will soon

it also states that you can not have more the 63 partitions :)

I just can't find if you need to recompile the applications to support large files or if there is a kernel parameter that is/can be used...let's try a huge dump on my laptop and see what happens :D

using dd I just made a file 2.8G...if that kernel is right, you may need an upgrade ;)
I'm on 2.6.8.1 with Gentoo
-edit-
Got the file upto 5.3G, I can't go any higher...I'm out of space on the laptop...if I take UT2004 off I could try for 12 GB :D

[Pafnoutios]

The page I had found (http://linux.org.mt/article/filesystems) must be outdated, sorry.