Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 02:45:08 -0800 (PST) From: <unknown@riverstyx.net> To: "John S. Dyson" <dyson@iquest.net> Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Linux vs. FreeBSD: The Storage Wars Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.04.9903260240260.19209-100000@hades.riverstyx.net> In-Reply-To: <199903261019.FAA00733@y.dyson.net>
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On Fri, 26 Mar 1999, John S. Dyson wrote:
> rick hamell said:
> >
> > > > problem if you want to have an image of a DVD on you ext2-partition....
> > > > FreeBSD has not such a low limit, IIRC
> > >
> > > Linux-Alpha doesn't have the 2 gig problem, and the 2.2 series does have
> > > patches available to go past the 2 gig limit.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> >
> > Which is why I personally don't like Linux. It seems that you're
> > always loading patches to fix little problems. :) Granted FreeBSD has
> > patches too. But when was the last time you needed a patch? :) Anyways,
> > isn't the Linux patch still limited to 8 gigs or so?
> >
> IMO, it is *silly* that Linux doesn't support large files correctly. If
> it doesn't support large files on an X86, then it doesn't support large
> files. There was alot of pressure from the user and developer base when
> FreeBSD didn't properly support large files, and I am surprised that
> either the Linux base hasn't pressured for proper support for large files,
> or the Linux developers can't figure out how to do it. (I sure hope that
> it isn't arrogance on their part that it isn't "needed.")
Don't be intentionally ignorant. As I stated above, there are patches.
Logically, one might take that to mean that Linux developers can indeed
figure out how to do it. Fanaticism is soooo irritating.
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