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On Wednesday, 6/30/93 @ 18:5:56, Derek Atkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> assertively stated:
>: You're going to need kernel support for this. Basically, you need to
create a "virtual partition" that is larger than the file size you are
interested in. I'm fairly sure that AIX (Rs/6000) supports this, but
I don't know how large a "virtual partition" it will support.
By virtual partition I mean the kernel takes two physical drives and
makes them look like a single drive to the user. You will need this
functionality, or a 6-gig disk drive, to support a 6-gig file!
(IMHO: Anything that needs to create a single 6-gig file is probably
broken, and should split the file into multiple parts.)
-derek
The RS/6000 does support grouping more than one disk together to make a
usable space about as large as you could want, but the limit is in the
maximum file system size, which is limited to 2.3 Gig. This is because of
the 32 bit addressing that is use in the architecture. I haven't been
exposed to an flavor of UNIX that will allow you to have a filesystem larger
than 2.3 GB.
my .01 worth.
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