See the below article for the relations between block size and maximum file size. http://www.linuxhq.com/lnxlists/linux-kernel/lk_9906_01/msg00001.html
Oren. -----Original Message----- From: Christoph Bugel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2003 4:05 PM To: Honen, Oren Cc: Linux-IL Subject: Re: Maximum file size on IA32 On 2003-06-25 Honen, Oren wrote: > Hi, > > I'm using a graphical application on 32bit RH Linux. The user saved > files are getting larger and larger. Currently the largest file is at > about 2GB . The vendor of the application says that larger files will > require the 64bit version which he doesn't have on Linux. The files are > saved on NFS. > > I know changing ext2 block size can enable you to save larger files than > 2G so their answer doesn't sound reasonable. Beside, even if they had I have a 5.4G file on an ext2 filesystem, no special block size was needed. Not that it proves anything. I'll first have to read the links from Muli's post. ================================================================To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
