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Date:      Tue, 03 Sep 96 02:14:23 +0100
From:      "Frode Nordahl" <froden@bigblue.no>
To:        "Gary Palmer" <gpalmer@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        "questions@FreeBSD.org" <questions@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: Maximum filesystem size in FreeBSD?
Message-ID:  <199609030012.CAA16472@login.bigblue.no>

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On Sat, 31 Aug 1996 21:20:34 -0400, Gary Palmer wrote:

>Filesystem       1K-blocks     Used    Avail Capacity  Mounted on
>/dev/ccd0c        19603558  9573267  8462007    53%    /var/spool/news
>
>Runs *FINE* :-)
>
>And I've seen a single 9Gb drive with a single filesystem on it work
>fine too. The problems occur with much larger (>512Gb I think) because
>of the structure of the UFS/FFS filesystem performace starts
>degrading, but it's ONLY performance, the stability isn't affected.

That was a relief.  I'm asking cause, for example Linux (EXT2) will give you MUCH trouble on disks larger than 2 
GB....
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Frode Nordahl <froden@bigblue.no>




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