Re: FreeBSD filesystem 1TB Limit

2002-11-07 Thread Kirk Strauser
At 2002-11-07T06:48:32Z, Derrick Ryalls [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: 1200*1MB == 1.2GB, does it not? Yes, it does not. Usually, when talking computers, people use 2^10 which = 1024. So 1200 MB = 1.17 GB. Anyone correct me if I am wrong. I'm willing to call 1.17 as 1.2 for the sake of this

Re: FreeBSD filesystem 1TB Limit

2002-11-07 Thread DaleCo Help Desk
- Original Message - From: Kirk Strauser [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 3:23 PM Subject: Re: FreeBSD filesystem 1TB Limit At 2002-11-07T06:48:32Z, Derrick Ryalls [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: 1200*1MB == 1.2GB, does it not? Yes, it does

Re: FreeBSD filesystem 1TB Limit

2002-11-07 Thread Kirk Strauser
At 2002-11-07T21:37:11Z, DaleCo Help Desk [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Well, to be as nitpicky as both of y'all are, the thread didn't *start* with the statement 1200*1MB is too big---looks from here as if that was the _fifth_ post. To be very nitpicky, I guess I should've said subthread. :)

Re: FreeBSD filesystem 1TB Limit

2002-11-06 Thread Marco Radzinschi
Pity I didn't know about this before I built two 1200 MB arrays. Linux and FreeBSD both died past 1 TB, so I had to make the array smaller. I have used NetBSD before, so this would not have been a problem. I should have done my homework. :-) Marco Radzinschi E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Tue,

RE: FreeBSD filesystem 1TB Limit

2002-11-06 Thread Derrick Ryalls
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions;FreeBSD.ORG] On Behalf Of Kirk Strauser Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 7:05 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: FreeBSD filesystem 1TB Limit At 2002-11-07T02:31:38Z, Marco Radzinschi [EMAIL

RE: FreeBSD filesystem 1TB Limit

2002-11-06 Thread Lord Raiden
;FreeBSD.ORG] On Behalf Of Kirk Strauser Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 7:05 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: FreeBSD filesystem 1TB Limit At 2002-11-07T02:31:38Z, Marco Radzinschi [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Pity I didn't know about this before I built two 1200 MB arrays. Linux

Re: FreeBSD filesystem 1TB Limit

2002-11-06 Thread Cliff Sarginson
On Wed, Nov 06, 2002 at 10:48:32PM -0800, Derrick Ryalls wrote: At 2002-11-07T02:31:38Z, Marco Radzinschi [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Pity I didn't know about this before I built two 1200 MB arrays. Linux and FreeBSD both died past 1 TB, so I had to make the array smaller.

Re: FreeBSD filesystem 1TB Limit

2002-11-05 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Joseph Gleason [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: IIRC There was a 1TB limit on the size of any filesystem (or actually of any block device) in FreeBSD based the kernel internaly using a 512 byte block size and having a max of 2^31 blocks. (512*2^31 = 2^40 = 1TB) Do I remember correctly? Close, but

Re: FreeBSD filesystem 1TB Limit

2002-11-05 Thread Walter
This is no doubt heresy coming from a newbie especially, but I was reading that NetBSD can support at least up to 4TB: http://www.netbsd.org/Misc/features.html#large-filesystems Walter Lowell Gilbert wrote: Joseph Gleason [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: IIRC There was a 1TB limit on the size

Re: FreeBSD filesystem 1TB Limit

2002-11-04 Thread Marco Radzinschi
I was unable to get past 1 TB on 4.6.2-Release on i386. Marco Radzinschi E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Mon, 4 Nov 2002, Joseph Gleason wrote: IIRC There was a 1TB limit on the size of any filesystem (or actually of any block device) in FreeBSD based the kernel internaly using a 512