Why does this work:truncate -s 2043G foo...while this fails:truncate -s 2044G fooWhy 2043 gigabytes, of all values?
Why does truncate fail for sizes above 2043G in ext3?
kernel;filesystems
You're probably using a filesystem that has a 2TB maximum file size (for example, ext3 with a 4KB or 8KB block size). truncate won't let you specify a target file size greater than the maximum your file system supports; 2044GB is very close to 2TB. I'm not sure why it's not exactly 2048GB that causes the problem; it's probably something internal to ext3's method of storing files