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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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  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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