large file problem in rh7.1

[Ken Gosier]

So, I'm not able to cp the file into another dir on the
same partition, it stops at the 50 MB. I'll try creating a
80 MB file on another partition.

Also: it's the local hard disk. It's using whichever fs
comes with rh7.1, sorry don't know off-hand if that makes
it ext2 or 3. (The PC is at home and I'm at work.)

The memory I have is 128 MB RAM, 256 MB swap space.

Many thanks for all the help. I had read man largefile
before, and knew about the gigabyte limits. I thought maybe
rh was doing something non-standard.

I would just download this mp3 again, but the server
doesn't seem to be working anymore. I can read man fsck to
see how to check the consistency of the fs where this file
is sitting, when I get back from work this evening.

Question: Do you guys think it's possible to save the file
if it's an fs problem?



--- Scott Prive <Scott.Prive at storigen.com> wrote:
> You have a (disk) hardware or software (fs) problem.
> Check your fs consistency.
> You should be able to read files that are gigs in size,
> with no problem.
> 
> Also, try creating another file that large on a different
> partition, if possible, and see what happens. You're
> using ext2 or ext3, correct?
> 
> -Scott
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ken Gosier [mailto:ken at kg293.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2002 5:06 AM
> To: discuss at blu.org
> Subject: large file problem in rh7.1
> 
> 
> Hi, I have a large (80 MB) mp3 on my rh7.1 system , and
> it keeps giving me
> problems.
> 
> If I try to gzip, compress, cp, rcp, ftp, basically do
> anything with it, I
> get back 'Input/output error', after about 50 MB of the
> activity is
> completed.
> 
> I also downloaded the lxsplit utility to break it into
> several small
> files. This also worked till about 50 MB, but then hung
> indefinitely.
> 
> If it's helpful:
> lxsplit hung after 50253824 bytes
> cp      died after 50257920 bytes.
> gzip -1 died after 50053120 bytes.
> gzip -9 died after 49971200 bytes.
> 
> Problem with rh, or possibly something funny about the
> file? Many thanks
> for any help--
> 
> -- 
> Ken Gosier
> ken at kg293.net
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Discuss mailing list
> Discuss at blu.org
> http://www.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
> 
> 
> 


=====
Ken Gosier
ken_gosier at yahoo.com

__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Yahoo! Greetings - Send FREE e-cards for every occasion!
http://greetings.yahoo.com