Re: how do I extract a 2.6 gigabyte .tar.gz
On Wed, 28 Oct 1998, Kenneth Scharf wrote:
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> Does this mean that there is a 2gb limit on any individual file, or
> that the ENTIRE file system can't be larger than 2gb. If the latter
> than does that mean that a linux disk partition can't be larger than
> 2GB in size? My '/' partition is 4gb large. Am I throwing away the
> last 2gb?
No, no, partitions can be more than 2GB, but an individual file on the
partition can't be more than 2GB. ISTR hearing about an 18 gig partition
on a RAID system somewhere... turned me green with envy. :->
Sincerely,
Ray Ingles "...it's not a plain, ordinary steel nut: it's a
(248) 377-7735 'hexiform rotatable surface compression unit',
which is why it cost $2,043 for just one..."
ray.ingles@fanucrobotics.com William Lutz, on Pentagonese, in _Doublespeak_
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