HELP!!! problems with file sizes on solaris 2.6
Michael George III
1. Unless you are installing software that needs special shared memory
settings i.e. (Oracle). NEVER touch the /etc/system file.
2. The shmsys parameter doesn't have anything to do with your problem.
3. I'll give you a hint "man ulimit".
That's right, somewhere in your shell, you have a ulimit setting.
Type "ulimit -f" to view your maxfilesize. (Note: divide by 2 to get K)
Type "ulimit -f unlimited" to all you to create the largest file that
filesystem will allow.
Now you owe me an answer. On a filesystem created with Solaris 2.6, what
is the maximum size a file can be?
Have Fun!
-Michael George
mgeo...@wnol.net
alutt...@digital-ren.com wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Just wondering if someone might be able to offer some insight on the
> following problem I'm having.
>
> while trying to copy a 600MB tar file from the cd-rom to the hard disk
> I keep getting the following error at roughly 104857600:
>
> filesize limit exceeded (core dump)
>
> I can ftp the file into the directory no problem, but when I try to
> untar it I get the same error.
>
> Someone suggested I edit the /etc/system file and add the following
> lines
>
> forceload: sys/shmsys
> set shmsys:shminfo_shmmax= 33554432
>
> I did this and it didn't help any. Now, the interesting thing is that
> things seem to crap out at 104857600 (which seems suspiciousl;y
> close to the default value for shmmax -> 1048576)
>
> Anyone have any ideas pleeeeeeeaaaaassse.
>
> Thanks .
>
> ALex