Redhat 7.2 uses ext3. Bernhard Luder
This electronic mail is solely for the use of the addressee and may contain information that is confidential or privileged. If you receive this electronic mail in error, please delete it from your system immediately and notify the sender by electronic mail. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of DaZZa Sent: Monday, 5 November 2001 09:28 To: Regen Meister Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [SLUG] is there a maximum file size under Linux? On Mon, 5 Nov 2001, Regen Meister wrote: > we have a Linux server running MFG/Pro and the > database has reached 3GB. We have more info > wanting to get in, but the database can't seem to grow beyond 3GB. > > People have told me that Linux ext2 file system can only accomodate file sizes > up to 3GB. > 1/ Is that true? Yes. In fact, I thought it was only 2 gig, but I could be wrong. > 2/ Is there a way around it? (because the sys admin wants to migrate to Windows > 2000 :-( and turf Linux out of the company :-( ) Change filesystems - ext3 breaks the 2/3 gig barrier, as does reiserfs, and I think XFS as well. DaZZa -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
