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doc: clarify ERR_FS_FILE_TOO_LARGE explanation to reflect fs.readFile() I/O limit #59050

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### `ERR_FS_FILE_TOO_LARGE`

An attempt has been made to read a file whose size is larger than the maximum
allowed size for a `Buffer`.
An attempt was made to read a file larger than the supported 2 GiB limit for
`fs.readFile()`. This is not a limitation of `Buffer`, but an internal I/O constraint.
For handling larger files, consider using `fs.createReadStream()` to read the
file in chunks.

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