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From: brian@news.utell.co.uk (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: maximum file size
Date: 25 Feb 1997 14:24:32 -0000
Organization: Utell International
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Collin Douglas (cdouglas@ibs.net) wrote:
: This is probably something silly I overlooked, but when I tried to copy
: several large files to a 4GB filesystem, I received a max filesize error
: exceeded.
: I was logged in as root so I can only assume this was a filesystem issue.
There are limits imposed to prevent rogue processes from gobbling up
all of the machine resources. Have a look at your shell documentation,
there should be a way (for root) to alter the limits.
Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> <brian@utell.co.uk> <brian@freebsd.org>
<http://www.awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour !
--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> <brian@utell.co.uk> <brian@freebsd.org>
<http://www.awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour !