Re: [cobalt-users] How use big files on RAQ4... (>2Go) - UpgradeKernel 2.2.16 -> 2.2.19

["Steve Werby" <steve-lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"list4xav" <list4xav@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Thank Steve :)
>
> > >   Limitation ext2 with RAQ4 (kernel 2.2.16) is 2Go.
> > > And we can't use ext3 or ReiserFs (need 2.2.18).
> > >   Have you a simple solution (without compilation kernel)
> > > for use big file (>2Go) on RAQ4 ?
>
> > Installing a newer kernel is what you'll need.  One of the Sun engineers
may
> > have a newer experimental Kernel you can load, but my guess is you'd
find it
> > at ftp.cobaltnet.com, which is currently inaccesible.  I'd search
> > cobalt-users and cobalt-developers using marcs.theaimsgroup.com search
> > interface using the following words and you'll probably find a post
about it
> > if one exists: kernel, experimental.
>
> I found nothing about experimental kernel by Cobalt,
> but I found this :

Tim Hockin's experimental 2.4 kernels are at
ftp://ftp-eng.cobalt.com/pub/users/thockin/2.4/.  Warning - this isn't a
trivial operation.  I suggest searching the archives using the site I
suggested above for kernel, tim hockin, etc. and spending a good hour
reading everything you can find before proceeding in order to make sure this
is what you want to do and that you're comfortable with it.

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