On Wed, Dec 27, 2000 at 09:17:26PM -0800, terrence d'souza wrote: > > Hi all, > > What is the maximum file size and volume size for > kernel 2.2.17 and 2.40.xx. Is it filesystem > dependent. ext2 supports large files, (> 2GB) as well as filesystems much larger then that too, i think the upper limits are something ridiculous in the terabyte range. however on 32bit archetectures such as intel you are limited to 2GB filesizes. kernel 2.4 hacks around this limitation somehow but you need to recompile glibc with 2.4 headers to enable it. you can also get a 64bit archetecture such as ultrasparc or alpha and have large file support under 2.2. -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/
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