Re: Filesystemsize

1997-02-25 Thread Dirk Bernhardt
> Jason Gunthorpe writes: >> - Check that no data can be written to a file past the 2GB limit. > ext2fs, like other file-systems seems to have a 2G per file limit Oh, yes, sorry for that. It's a file, not the filesystem that has the 2GB limit. Ciao, - Krid - -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM

Re: Filesystemsize

1997-02-25 Thread Gleb Arshinov
> "Paul" == Paul Rightley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Paul> That says 'file' not 'filesystem.' Last I remember, no file Paul> could be over 2GB, but filesystems up to 4TB are possible. I remember reading an article calculating these limits, and the filesystem limit was a bit lower,

Re: Filesystemsize

1997-02-25 Thread Ronald van Loon
|"> Stefan Walder writes: |" |"> does anyone know how big a ext2-filesystem can be? |" |">From /usr/src/linux/fs/ext2/CHANGES: |" |"Changes from version 0.5 to version 0.5a |" |"[..] |" - Check that no data can be written to a file past the 2GB limit

Re: Filesystemsize

1997-02-24 Thread Paul Rightley
On 24-Feb-97 Dirk Bernhardt wrote: >>> Stefan Walder writes: > >> does anyone know how big a ext2-filesystem can be? > >>From /usr/src/linux/fs/ext2/CHANGES: > >Changes from version 0.5 to version 0.5a > >[..] > - Check that no data can be written

Re: Filesystemsize

1997-02-24 Thread Jason Gunthorpe
On 24 Feb 1997, Dirk Bernhardt wrote: > > Stefan Walder writes: > > > does anyone know how big a ext2-filesystem can be? > > >From /usr/src/linux/fs/ext2/CHANGES: > > Changes from version 0.5 to version 0.5a > > [..] > - Check that no data can

Re: Filesystemsize

1997-02-24 Thread Dirk Bernhardt
> Stefan Walder writes: > does anyone know how big a ext2-filesystem can be? >From /usr/src/linux/fs/ext2/CHANGES: Changes from version 0.5 to version 0.5a [..] - Check that no data can be written to a file past the 2GB limit. [..] Ciao,

Re: Filesystemsize

1997-02-24 Thread Martin Schulze
Stefan Walder writes: > does anyone know how big a ext2-filesystem can be? I think some time ago it > has been about 2 GB? Somewhere I've read about a theoretical valua of 4TB (Terra-Byte), I'm not sure but it is probably possible to spread one ext2fs across the biggest harddisk. btw. ftp.gwdg.d

Re: Filesystemsize

1997-02-24 Thread Nicolás Lichtmaier
On Mon, 24 Feb 1997, Stefan Walder wrote: > does anyone know how big a ext2-filesystem can be? I think some time ago it > has been about 2 GB? I've successfully formated and used a 9 Gb ext2 file system. I currently work in one near 4 Gb large. Nicolás Lichtmaier.- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNS

Filesystemsize

1997-02-24 Thread Stefan Walder
Hi, does anyone know how big a ext2-filesystem can be? I think some time ago it has been about 2 GB? Stefan Walder *---* Dipl. Ing. Stefan Walder (techn. Ang. in der EDV-Systemtechnik) Universitaetsstrasse 150 E-Mail: [EMAI