Actually, it is file system dependent as well... as FreeBSD is still a 32 bit OS, yet it supports 64 bit file sizes on it's file system. Also, I understand that the next kernel (2.4) is suppsed to make better use of addressing... even though it will still be a 32 bit OS for execution, if I have been reading correctly, it will take advantage of 48 bit addressing (supported by the Intel chips) which is what will allow greter than 4GB of memory in the future. Of course, that doesn't help the file system any. If XFS (SGI) or JFS (IBM) ever make it into the releases, then you'll have 64 bit file sizes as well. - Herman On Thu, 4 May 2000, Don Edwards wrote: ->>> > > If you're using ext2 as your file system, then that's your ->>> > > 2GB limitation. ->> ->>I'm pretty sure it's a limit of Linux on 32-bit systems, as it's the ->>largest possible current byte position value in a 32-bit signed integer. ->> ->>But I haven't looked at the source... ->> ->>-- ->>To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com ->>For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com ->>Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/ ->> -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/