From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Aug 4 16:49:05 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA18498 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Tue, 4 Aug 1998 16:49:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from Kitten.mcs.com (Kitten.mcs.com [192.160.127.90]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA18489 for ; Tue, 4 Aug 1998 16:48:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from karl@Mars.mcs.net) Received: from Mars.mcs.net (karl@Mars.mcs.net [192.160.127.85]) by Kitten.mcs.com (8.8.7/8.8.2) with ESMTP id SAA26478; Tue, 4 Aug 1998 18:48:44 -0500 (CDT) Received: (from karl@localhost) by Mars.mcs.net (8.8.7/8.8.2) id SAA04222; Tue, 4 Aug 1998 18:48:44 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <19980804184843.20768@mcs.net> Date: Tue, 4 Aug 1998 18:48:44 -0500 From: Karl Denninger To: Markus Stumpf Cc: Brett Taylor , freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: couple of questions References: <19980805004942.L12619@space.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.84 In-Reply-To: <19980805004942.L12619@space.net>; from Markus Stumpf on Wed, Aug 05, 1998 at 12:49:42AM +0200 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Aug 05, 1998 at 12:49:42AM +0200, Markus Stumpf wrote: > On Tue, Aug 04, 1998 at 02:05:31PM -0600, Brett Taylor wrote: > > - maximum file/partition size: > > > > - I've seen files (from an ls -l emailed to me) of ~ 7 GB, but > > I'm not sure what the absolute maximum file size is. Is there > > a hard limit? > > Hmmm ... this is from man 2 intro (2.2.6-RELEASE) > > > 27 EFBIG File too large. The size of a file exceeded the maximum (about > > 2.1E9 bytes). > > This is 2 GB, right? But I've heard NetBSD has bigger files. > > \Maex > > N.B. This 2 GB always hits me with backups of large partitions that don't > compress well. Still using amanda-2.3.0, however, amanda-2.4.0 is able > to handle this with artificial splits. Uh, there is no 2GB limit on files in FreeBSD-current. I have files larger than this on the filesystems here. -- -- Karl Denninger (karl@MCS.Net)| MCSNet - Serving Chicagoland and Wisconsin http://www.mcs.net/ | T1's from $600 monthly / All Lines K56Flex/DOV | NEW! Corporate ISDN Prices dropped by up to 50%! Voice: [+1 312 803-MCS1 x219]| EXCLUSIVE NEW FEATURE ON ALL PERSONAL ACCOUNTS Fax: [+1 312 803-4929] | *SPAMBLOCK* Technology now included at no cost To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message