single file could become. This limit was 2 Gb on some systems, and 4 Gb on others. For example, on HP-UX 10.20 or 11.00 Unix systems, the maximum file size is 2 Gb unless the file system has the largefiles

introduced much more complexity and bloat into Firebird V.2.1.0 and 2.1.1 installations for these platform versions. For the V.2.1.2 release, efforts have been made to improve the options, document them the full range of Windows server platforms from Windows 2000 onward. Over the past decade, some platform rules have become progressively complicated. What worked on W2K might not work on later Windows series. The corresponding distributable runtimes are msvcr80.dll and msvcp80.dll. Now, with certain platform exceptions, it is necessary to install the runtimes correctly as an assembly. The mini- mal runtime

the dump file to be created using platform dependent formats. If you use this switch to create a backup then you can only restore the backup on a similar platform. You cannot, for example, take a dump default gbak backup is cross platform (transportable) so a backup taken on a Windows server can be used to recreate the same database on a Linux server, or on any other platform supported by Firebird. This tools such as Winzip etc. Those copies should only ever be used to restore a database on the same platform as the one copied.  Always backup the database with the version of gbak supplied with the running

restric- tion has been removed in Firebird 1.5. Table 2. Components of the Firebird 1.0 installation Platform Component File Name Default Location 32-bit and 64-bit Win- dows (Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000 gds32.dll Windows System dir- ectory (see note below table) Firebird 1.0 Quick Start Guide 5 Platform Component File Name Default Location Linux and possibly other UNIX distros Installation directory from there. If you have a Linux distribution that supports rpm installs, consult the appropriate platform document- ation for instructions about using RPM Package Manager. In most distributions you will

* 10 -308 to 1.797 * 10 308 Double-precision IEEE, ~15 digits, reliable size depends on the platform FLOAT 32 bits 1.175 * 10 -38 to 3.402 * 10 38 Single-precision IEEE, ~7 digits INTEGER, INT file name including its extension. The file name must be specified according to the rules of the platform file system being used. db_alias Database alias previously created in the aliases.conf file servername of the database file and its extension with the full path to it according to the rules of the OS platform file system being used. The database file must not exist at the moment when the database is being

* 10 -308 to 1.797 * 10 308 Double-precision IEEE, ~15 digits, reliable size depends on the platform FLOAT 32 bits 1.175 * 10 -38 to 3.402 * 10 38 Single-precision IEEE, ~7 digits FLOAT (bin_prec) file name including its extension. The file name must be specified according to the rules of the platform file system being used. db_alias Database alias previously created in the databases.conf file of the database file and its extension with the full path to it according to the rules of the OS platform file system being used. The database file must not exist at the moment the database is being created

Chapter 3. Installing Firebird 10 The following sections show you how to test the server on each platform. Server check: Linux and other Unices Use the top command in a command shell to inspect the running

known issues. If you have a Linux distribution that supports rpm installs, consult the appropriate platform documentation for instructions about using RPM Package Manager. In most distributions you will have