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Date:      Sun, 24 Mar 2002 11:56:21 +1030
From:      Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Jozsef Attila <mininx@freemail.hu>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: UFS limit?
Message-ID:  <20020324115621.A37185@wantadilla.lemis.com>
In-Reply-To: <freemail.20020223055442.30300@fm7.freemail.hu>
References:  <freemail.20020223055442.30300@fm7.freemail.hu>

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On Saturday, 23 March 2002 at  5:54:42 +0100, Jozsef Attila wrote:
> I have a question about UFS... i'm using FreeBSD and i
> wonder if UFS has a filesystem size limit or something?
> becouse i have a vinum dev which is bigger then 1T and when
> i want to make a filesystem on it (newfs -
> v /dev/vinum/...). it crashes on the beginning, with an
> error which seems to be a stack overflow...
> i'm looking for solutions so please write me some (what
> should i do now?)

UFS is limited to 1 TB file systems.  If you have more Vinum space,
you'll have to make volumes of not more than 1 TB.

Work is currently under way on UFS 2, which will have 64 bit pointers
instead of the current 32 bits.  Expect to see previews later this
year. 

Greg
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