Messages in this thread | | | From | Andreas Dilger <> | Subject | Re: [Fwd: Problem with file => 2GB] | Date | Mon, 19 Mar 2001 18:37:47 -0700 (MST) |
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"Fabio Pietrosanti (naif)" wrote: > > i'm currently involved in the analisys of a compromised linux box. > > It was a IBM xSeries server. > > > > I transfer the partition of the server using cat /dev/partition| nc > > host_of_dump_storage 8889, then i check the checksum using md5sum and > > all it's ok. > > > > There are 2 partition dump of 8GB . > > So i have to mount another 30GB hd, i installed Linux Kernel 2.4.2 with > > the 30gb on reiserfs . > > I recompiled all fileutils, util-linux and bin-utils with kernel 2.4.2 > > and the define for => 2GB file support . > > > > Ok, now i could download the partition, i could ls, more, strings the > > partition, but i need to use it as loop device!! > > > > When i mount the partition as loop device the mount command HANG on read() > > function... it seems that loop device under linux didn't work against => 2gb > > files ?
There is a bug in 2.4.2 with the loop device, which is fixed in -ac series. Also, I don't think it is possible to use > 2GB for loop (or at least that used to be the case).
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