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Re: [SLE] 7.3 default kernel
- From: David Robertson <der@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2001 21:16:59 +0000
- Message-id: <200112022117.fB2LHG115991@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Many thanks
David
On Sunday 02 December 2001 5:12 pm, you wrote:
> You'll find this as the name of a kernel in /boot (nearly). It should
> say 2.4.10-4GB.
>
> I think it refers to support for files up to 4 Gigabytes in size. Most
> users will never create anything over 100 Mb and many don't have a
> partition big enough to hold a 4GB file, but Microsoft claimed that
> Linux had a serious problem because it didn't provide support for 4Gb
> files as standard, which is why there was some interest in this. You may
> want to look at http://lwn.net/1999/features/MSResponse.phtml
> JDL
>
> David Robertson wrote:
> > Well, I was just wondering where 2.4.10-GB came from since there is no
> > subdirectory in /usr/src of that name.
David
On Sunday 02 December 2001 5:12 pm, you wrote:
> You'll find this as the name of a kernel in /boot (nearly). It should
> say 2.4.10-4GB.
>
> I think it refers to support for files up to 4 Gigabytes in size. Most
> users will never create anything over 100 Mb and many don't have a
> partition big enough to hold a 4GB file, but Microsoft claimed that
> Linux had a serious problem because it didn't provide support for 4Gb
> files as standard, which is why there was some interest in this. You may
> want to look at http://lwn.net/1999/features/MSResponse.phtml
> JDL
>
> David Robertson wrote:
> > Well, I was just wondering where 2.4.10-GB came from since there is no
> > subdirectory in /usr/src of that name.
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