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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
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Subject: Re: max filessystem size in FreeBSD 2.2?
To: kuku@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de (Christoph P. Kukulies)
Date: Fri, 17 May 1996 14:38:14 -0700 (MST)
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> What is the maximum filesystem size?

2^63 or 9 * 10^18 bytes.  There is a disklabel issue at 128G;
patches are available (yes, people are running with larger than 128G
FS's).

The maximum single file size is on the order of 2^48 (~280G) because
of VM limitations.  Ask John Dyson to be sure.


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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