Date: Wed, 24 Dec 1997 17:24:41 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Gary Schrock <root@eyelab.psy.msu.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: partition size limit in 2.2-stable? Message-ID: <19971224172441.63346@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <199712240657.BAA01283@eyelab.psy.msu.edu>; from Gary Schrock on Wed, Dec 24, 1997 at 01:01:17AM -0500 References: <199712240657.BAA01283@eyelab.psy.msu.edu>
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On Wed, Dec 24, 1997 at 01:01:17AM -0500, Gary Schrock wrote: > I realize this question is probably something that's asked a lot, but > searching through the mailing list archives and the other stuff on the web > pages I couldn't find a definitive answer on this. Is there still a 2 gig > limit on partition sizes in 2.2-stable? I've seen references to the stuff > in -current not having that, but those notes were kinda old, so I don't > know what the status is. I don't know how long it's been since BSD had a 2 GB partition size (if ever), but I've been running a 4 GB partition for several years now. The original document ``A Fast File System for UNIX'', in 1984, mentions that it could support individual files of up to 4 GB, but it's possible that there were other restrictions. For a long time, System V had a 2 GB limit on s5fs (the old System V file system derived from the Seventh Edition), but I don't think anybody uses that file system any more. Some System 5 implementations of ufs are also limited to 2 GB, for no good reason. Greg
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