Ah, sorry for the puns and any confusion. I am talking about 2GB+ file
sizes, not memory. The also proves my point - we now have >4GB memory on 32
bit systems - which is only applicable for a VERY small percentage of Linux
users, but not >2GB files on 32 bit systems (once again - even though many
other 32 bit OSes have them)...
Jason
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>From: Seth Vidal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: Jason Titus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Cc: Marc Mutz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Stephen Waters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: Large files 2GB+ & RAID?
>Date: Tue, Dec 28, 1999, 6:09 PM
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>> Unfortunately the hardware RAID still doesn't solve the 2GB+ problem. I
>> also have a hard time with the 'if you want big files, buy a 64 bit machine'
>> argument. What percentage of Linux users are on 64 bit platforms? How many
>> other x86 OS's support 64 bit filesystems (NT, FreeBSD, BeOS, Solaris, etc)?
>> This is a serious impediment to Linux being a server OS, and is most likely
>> going to make us switch to FreeBSD for our projects - even though I much
>> prefer Linux (and know it better).
>>
>> Sure would be nicer to stay with the penguin then turn to the devil....
>
> frightenlingly bad puns should be left out of this mailinglist. :)
> I thought there were motions to backport the BIGMEM patches to 2.2
> (unofficial patch of course)
>
> any clarification would be useful.
>
> -sv
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