[mythtv] Backend process dies at 4GB file limit?

Isaac Richards ijr at case.edu
Thu Jan 19 04:30:22 UTC 2006


On Wednesday 18 January 2006 22:30, Buzz wrote:
> Are you interested in this scenario:
>
> Backend saves files to FAT32 partition.
> Backend tries to exceed 4GB (or there abouts) while unattended.
> Backend dies with error "File size limit exceeded" emitted by OS.
>
>
> Backend's last message prior to dying was:
> "TFW: safe_swite() funky usleep"
> (message comes from ThreadedFileWriter.cpp )
>
>
> Buzz.
>
> P.S. Before you tell me "FAT32 is a bad, naughty, unsupported filesystem"..
> tell me another filesystem that works under both MS Windows and linux,
> reliably, and I'll happily change (I'm waiting in anticipation of native
> ext2/3 windows drivers or NTFS write support in the kernel - it's a long
> wait)

Backtrace?  I'm not going to want to add code specifically to handle fat32, 
but certainly dying is bad.

Isaac


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