The 2GB limit is related to the file system, RAW device will be not
formated. Linux IA32 support 64bit I/O. It's base on Oracle doc:
"Oracle9iR2 on Linux: Performance,Reliability and Manageability
Enhancements on Red Hat LinuxAdvanced Server 2.1"
-AST
na wrote:
>>On Sat, 12 Apr 2003 10:55:01 -0600, Andreas <ast1200_at_netscape.net> wrote:
>>What is maximum size of datafile created on raw device (Linux IA32)?
>>
>>-AST
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>
> Check out LFS (Large File Support) -- it is in newer distributions.
> Oracle 9i was built with LFS, I believe, so you should be able to
> at least use filesystems larger than 2GB. Sometimes you get oddities, like
> distributions with a kernel that supports LFS, but basic utilities
> like dd that don't.
>
> Not sure about raw devices; haven't tried them.
Received on Sat Apr 12 2003 - 21:21:10 CDT
