Re: [TCLUG:21765] file limit?

[Ben Lutgens <blutgens@usinternet.com>]

On Thu, Sep 28, 2000 at 08:50:07AM -0500, Mike Hicks wrote:
>Nick.T.Reinking@supervalu.com wrote:
>
>Well, it's kind of both.  Some filesystems can't handle large files at
>all (the aincent minix and ext filesystems are examples of this).  Other
>filesystems can handle large files, but only if the kernel supports it. 
>I believe that ext2 supports large files on Alpha.  Also, Linux 2.4 will
>support large files if the filesystem supports it, regardless of whether
>you are on a 32-bit or 64-bit system.  GFS for Linux 2.2 gets around
>this with some kernel patches on 32-bit systems, if I remember right.
>

Yeah, I think it's the lfs.patch that handles that. www.sistina.com/gfs
check it out of cvs and give it a try. It's comming right along.

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