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ext3 filesize problem

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Hello, we have an ext3 filesystem as follows, but the file size seems 
limited to 2GB for some reason, causing the "motion" program to stop when 
an mpeg file of that size is reached.

I'd appreciate some help in determining why an ext3 file size is limited 
to 2GB, please. It's difficult to imagine that "motion" would limit the 
size, but I don't have sufficient talent to examine the source code for 
such a restriction.

$ grep hdb1 /etc/fstab
/dev/hdb1    /home/grussell/mnt    ext3    defaults,users    0    0

$ mount
...
/dev/hdb1 on /home/grussell/mnt type ext3 (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)

$ ls -l /home/grussell/mnt/webcam/motion/*
-rw-r--r-- 1 grussell grussell 2147483647 Jan 21 15:29 /home/grussell/mnt/
webcam/motion/20120121-Sat-timelapse.mpg

$ ps auxw | grep motion
grussell 9865  0.0  0.0   4016   660 pts/1  R+   15:37  0:00 grep motion

$ motion -s
[0] Processing thread 0 - config file /etc/motion/motion.conf
[0] Motion 3.2.12 Started
[0] ffmpeg LIBAVCODEC_BUILD 3424768 LIBAVFORMAT_BUILD 3423232
[0] Motion running in setup mode.
[0] Thread 1 is from /etc/motion/motion.conf
[0] Thread 1 is device: /dev/video0 input 8
...
[1] File of type 32 saved to: /home/grussell/mnt/webcam/motion/20120121-
Sat-timelapse.mpg
File size limit exceeded

$ df -k /dev/hdb1
Filesystem           1K-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/hdb1            480721604 400331204  55971076  88% /home/grussell/mnt

$ find /home/grussell/mnt -type f -size +2G
... (numerous iso and dv files listed)

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ext3 filesize problem Greg Russell <me@invalid.org> - 2012-01-21 23:53 +0000
  Re: ext3 filesize problem J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> - 2012-01-22 00:43 +0000
    Re: ext3 filesize problem Stan Bischof <stan@worldbadminton.com> - 2012-01-23 16:24 +0000
      Re: ext3 filesize problem J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> - 2012-01-23 18:03 +0000
    Re: ext3 filesize problem Greg Russell <me@invalid.org> - 2012-02-03 19:39 +0000
      Re: ext3 filesize problem J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> - 2012-02-03 20:55 +0000
        Re: ext3 filesize problem Greg Russell <me@invalid.org> - 2012-02-04 04:40 +0000
          Re: ext3 filesize problem Aragorn <stryder@telenet.be.invalid> - 2012-02-04 05:47 +0100
            Re: ext3 filesize problem Greg Russell <me@invalid.org> - 2012-02-04 05:23 +0000
              Re: ext3 filesize problem Aragorn <stryder@telenet.be.invalid> - 2012-02-04 06:57 +0100
                Re: ext3 filesize problem Greg Russell <me@invalid.org> - 2012-02-04 07:14 +0000
                Re: ext3 filesize problem Aragorn <stryder@telenet.be.invalid> - 2012-02-04 08:32 +0100
                Re: ext3 filesize problem Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2012-02-04 09:15 +0100
                Re: ext3 filesize problem Harold Stevens <wookie@limbo.localdomain> - 2012-02-04 05:07 -0600
                Re: ext3 filesize problem Aragorn <stryder@telenet.be.invalid> - 2012-02-05 01:19 +0100
                Re: ext3 filesize problem Greg Russell <me@invalid.org> - 2012-02-05 01:34 +0000
                Re: ext3 filesize problem Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> - 2012-02-04 07:47 -0600
                Re: ext3 filesize problem Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2012-02-04 15:24 +0000
                Re: ext3 filesize problem Greg Russell <me@invalid.org> - 2012-02-05 01:22 +0000
                Re: ext3 filesize problem J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> - 2012-02-05 01:58 +0000
    Re: ext3 filesize problem Norman Peelman <npeelmandog@cfl.rr.com> - 2012-02-05 08:22 -0500

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