From: Stephen Samuel <samuel@bcgreen.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Big file support (emperical evidence)
Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2002 04:47:35 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3C7E26E7.9090100@bcgreen.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E16gAj8-0005kb-00@the-village.bc.nu>
I agree -- and I was actually surprised. On Tuesday I wrote
a script that created some huge files on an ext3 filesystem, expecting
it to die at 2GB, but it didn't die until I passed 8GB (and filled
the partition). (( redhat 7.2 ))
Alan Cox wrote:
>>A lot of the kernel supports big files already. The real problem is the
>>fact that the primary Linux file system, ext3, does not. If you use some
>>file system besides ext3, big files should work.
>
> This is incorrect information. Ext3 supports large files. Whoever told
> you otherwise was wrong.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-02-28 12:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-02-27 19:37 Big file support Rick Stevens
2002-02-27 20:00 ` Jon
2002-02-27 20:02 ` Barubary
2002-02-27 20:31 ` Alan Cox
2002-02-28 12:47 ` Stephen Samuel [this message]
2002-02-27 20:34 ` Matti Aarnio
2002-02-27 21:33 ` Big file support\ Chris Wedgwood
2002-02-28 15:22 ` Big file support Benjamin LaHaise
2002-02-27 21:44 ` Rik van Riel
2002-02-28 5:47 ` Andreas Jaeger
2002-02-28 21:58 ` Bill Davidsen
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