Accessing File > 4gb problem (was: Debugging Supreme Commander)

Carl-Daniel Hailfinger c-d.hailfinger.devel.2006 at gmx.net
Wed Mar 21 09:25:39 CDT 2007


On 20.03.2007 15:08, Stephan Rose wrote:
> So apparently the issue comes down the lseek failing with > 4 gig files only
> on cd-rom drives and ends up not being a wine bug after all as far as I can
> tell. I will try to install it from the hard drive in a little bit and see
> if it succeeds then. I didn't have enough time during lunch to actually let
> the install run from the HD.

AFAIK Linux didn't support files with multiple extents on ISO9660
filesystems in the past, at least when Joliet is used. I'm not sure
about the current status.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_9660#The_4_GB_file_size_limit

Regards,
Carl-Daniel
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