Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 12:36:43 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: "Albert D. Cahalan" <acahalan@cs.uml.edu> Cc: webmaster@wmptl.com, sm5iuf@telia.com, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD filesystem limitations Message-ID: <20010425123643.I78153@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <200104251837.f3PIb6q98415@saturn.cs.uml.edu>; from acahalan@cs.uml.edu on Wed, Apr 25, 2001 at 02:37:06PM -0400 References: <200104251837.f3PIb6q98415@saturn.cs.uml.edu>
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--k9xkV0rc9XGsukaG Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Wed, Apr 25, 2001 at 02:37:06PM -0400, Albert D. Cahalan wrote: > Linux does not have a 2 GB limit. No patch is needed. > You might need to upgrade; Red Hat 7.1 would work. It did in the 2.2 kernel. > If fsck performance bothers you, then you should use > a journalling filesystem like Reiserfs. Then you will > not need to run fsck after power loss. Yes, using an experimental filesystem to get faster fsck times is a sensible idea. When it eats your disk, you can always restore from a backup. Kris --k9xkV0rc9XGsukaG Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE65ydLWry0BWjoQKURArWuAJ9o1KGTOb04CVKZCGqpwybS81HXQwCfWmBk OTjmcE42//NmLrsMrw0nPP8= =S3Js -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --k9xkV0rc9XGsukaG-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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