Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2005 16:16:37 -0600 From: Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com> To: Wilko Bulte <wb@freebie.xs4all.nl> Cc: FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: newfs limits? 10TB filesystem max? Message-ID: <4217BAC5.10504@centtech.com> In-Reply-To: <20050218172831.GA9944@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <20050216224825.39102.qmail@web26807.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> <4213D046.4080001@centtech.com> <7579f7fb05021715344d661662@mail.gmail.com> <421605D0.80302@centtech.com> <20050218172831.GA9944@freebie.xs4all.nl>
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Wilko Bulte wrote: > On Fri, Feb 18, 2005 at 09:12:16AM -0600, Eric Anderson wrote.. > >>Matthew Jacob wrote: >> >>>BTW- be careful with very large filesystems on FreeBSD- at some point >>>fsck can't check them. >>> >>>I built a sparse 5000TB filesystem which newfs'd and mounted okay, but >>>was not possible to check with fsck. >> >>5000TB?!?! How did you do that? > > > Note the word 'sparse' :) That doesn't explain it much.. Is there a doc on how to create these sparse filesystems? Eric -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Anderson Sr. Systems Administrator Centaur Technology I have seen the future and it is just like the present, only longer. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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