How to Mount a File System With Large Files

The new largefiles mount option, the default state for the Solaris 2.6 environment, allows users to mount a file system containing files larger than 2Gbytes.

The procedure for mounting file systems with large files is identical to the one described previously in "How to Mount a UFS File System".

The largefiles option means that a file system mounted with this option may contain one or more files larger than 2 Gbytes. It is not required that a file system mounted with this option contain files larger that 2Gbytes, but the option allows such files within the file system.

You must explicitly use the nolargefiles mount option to disable this behavior. The nolargefiles option provides total compatibility with previous file system behavior, enforcing the 2 Gbytes maximum file size limit.