[Assuming AIX]

Check your system environments to see what the maximum file size
a user is allowed to create. Not sure the command, but it's under
'smitty users:Change / Show Characteristics of a User'

By default, AIX limits users to creating files no larger than
1GB. You can increase it to 2GB.

  -- Tom

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 game and the good lord came to take me   Archivist, Feature Animation
 the next day ... at least I could        DreamWorks SKG
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On Thu, 13 Mar 1997, David Wilshire wrote:

>I'm trying to allocate a disk file to ADSM using dsmfmt.  I have a
>2.040GB drive on which I have allocated a 2.040GB filesystem.
>
>I've tried allocating a 2GB file, and that does't work (error
>code=27; I assume that there's not enough space in the
>filesystem).  I've tried allocating 1.88GB, and still no luck. So I
>allocated a 1GB file successfully.  So the maximum file size I can
>use is somewhere between 1.0GB and 1.88GB.
>
>Is there a formula for determining the largest storage pool file you
>can create in a filesystem?  I'm getting tired of guessing!
>
>Thanks in advance for the help.
>
>David Wilshire
>dwilshir AT lenscrafters DOT com
>"Knowledge is support"
>