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. This only

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, between 2

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 THIS

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:

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

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.de

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 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 be written to a

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 to a file past