Do we HAVE to use EXT2 ? I understand this is a limitation imposed by the
ext2 filesystem rather than the hardware architecture... Is there not a way
to create a different file-system using Linux?
Regards,
Matthew Clark.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Matti Aarnio
> Sent: 19 November 1999 20:09
> To: Matthew Clark
> Cc: linux-raid
> Subject: Re: File sizes > 2Gb
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 19, 1999 at 07:51:44PM -0000, Matthew Clark wrote:
> > Which file-system type would you recommend if we need >2Gb files??? Am I
> > right in thinking Ext2 only supports 2Gb??? Bit puny these days
> isn't it?
>
> Right now the question is wether or not your hardware
> is 64-bit (UltraSPARC, or Alpha). If it is, EXT2 can
> go upwards quite a bit.
>
