Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 20:45:39 -0400 (EDT) From: Zhihui Zhang <zzhang@cs.binghamton.edu> To: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> Cc: "Chris D. Faulhaber" <cdf.lists@fxp.org>, Michael Beckmann <petzi@apfel.de>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Limitations in FreeBSD Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.96.991028204307.27652C-100000@sol.cs.binghamton.edu> In-Reply-To: <199910282135.OAA10010@apollo.backplane.com>
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On Thu, 28 Oct 1999, Matthew Dillon wrote: > :On Thu, 28 Oct 1999, Michael Beckmann wrote: > : > :> Hi ! > :> > :> 1. What is the maximum size of a file on a filesystem ? > :> 2. What is the maximum size of a filesystem ? > : > :http://www.freebsd.org/FAQ/install.html#AEN704 > : > :----- > :Chris D. Faulhaber <jedgar@fxp.org> | All the true gurus I've met never > :System/Network Administrator, | claimed they were one, and always > > The document is not quite right. The maximum size is limited to > 8 Terrabytes due to block-size conversions done in the kernel which are > independant of the filesystem block size. Can you tell me how to get the 8TB value? I know all the things about indirect blocks and I know that we use negative numbers for those indirect blocks. Thanks. -Zhihui To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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