GNU bug report logs - #12626
Bug?: dd limited to <2G read size (2G-8K) on 64 bit machine?

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Linda Walsh <coreutils <at> tlinx.org>

Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2012 03:13:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #8 received at 12626 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Linda Walsh <coreutils <at> tlinx.org>
Cc: 12626 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#12626: Bug?: dd limited to <2G read size (2G-8K) on 64 bit
	machine?
Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2012 21:51:05 -0700

On 10/11/2012 08:11 PM, Linda Walsh wrote:
> I find that if I try to use a read size of > (2G-8K), I get partial read errors.

My guess is that it's your kernel, or maybe your
file system, and not dd per se.  Try running 'strace'.
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