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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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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

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