----- Original Message ----- From: "Herman Knief" To: "Christopher D. Reimer" Cc: "SuSE Linux Mailing List" Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2000 4:27 PM Subject: Re: [SLE] Where's the 2GB limitation: MS Backup or Samba?

If you're using ext2 as your file system, then that's your 2GB limitation.

- Herman

My hard drive is partitioned as ext2, and that sucks if there's a 2GB file limitation. Any alternatives? Thanks! Christopher Reimer -- 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/

On Wed, 3 May 2000, Jerry Kreps wrote:

On Wed, 03 May 2000, Christopher D. Reimer wrote:

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----- Original Message ----- From: "Herman Knief" To: "Christopher D. Reimer" Cc: "SuSE Linux Mailing List" Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2000 4:27 PM Subject: Re: [SLE] Where's the 2GB limitation: MS Backup or Samba?

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If you're using ext2 as your file system, then that's your 2GB limitation.

- Herman

My hard drive is partitioned as ext2, and that sucks if there's a 2GB file limitation. Any alternatives?

Thanks!

Why put all your GB in one partition?

If Herman is correct it is a filesize problem unrelated to partition sizes. From the way I read it, he is backing up to a Samba share and there is only file being created from his backup program. Once it hits 2 gig in size on the ext2 partition, his backup stops and asks for another media. My suggestions would be mount pub on some other filesystem. Or back up different directories from win98 at different times. Greg -- 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/

Well, the bad news is... Reiser also only supports 2GB files. I just tried it, and it died at 2147483647 bytes... 1 short of 2GB. - Herman On Thu, 4 May 2000, Jon Pennington wrote: ->>On Wed, May 03, 2000 at 07:46:48PM -0500, Jerry Kreps wrote: ->>> On Wed, 03 May 2000, Christopher D. Reimer wrote: ->>> > From: "Herman Knief" ->>> > > ->>> > > If you're using ext2 as your file system, then that's your 2GB limitation. ->>> > > ->>> > > - Herman ->>> > ->>> > My hard drive is partitioned as ext2, and that sucks if there's a 2GB file ->>> > limitation. Any alternatives? ->>> > ->>> > Thanks! ->>> ->>> Why put all your GB in one partition? ->> ->>It's not an issue of the size of a partition, it's the issue of the ->>size of a single file. ext2 simply cannot write a file that's larger ->>than 2gb in size, and the only alternatives at this time are ReiserFS ->>or ext3. Reiser seems to be a good alternative, and I know several ->>people running it in both workstation and server environments. ext3 is ->>not even ready for a public beta yet. ->> ->>I hope this clarifies things. ->> ->>-- ->>-=|JP|=- ->>Jon Pennington | Atipa Linux Solutions -o) ->>jpennington@atipa.com | http://www.atipa.com /\\ ->>Kansas City, MO, USA | 816-241-2641 x121 _\_V ->> ->>6D04 39E0 CAE9 9ADA 2CA3 2EBE 898A 6C37 CA1E A29C ->> ->>-- ->>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/

Hello Linux folks. Could somebody tell me if there is 64 bit file system available for Linux. Thanks, Alex -- 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/

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Could somebody tell me if there is 64 bit file system available for Linux.

SGI's XFS is 64-bit and has been released as open source. You'd probably be best waiting until kernel 2.4 comes out before using it though.

Visit at: http://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs/

Now, do you need a 64-bit CPU to run a 64-bit filing system, or can 32-bit CPU run a 64-bit filing system through a special driver? Christopher Reimer -- 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/

On Thu, 04 May 2000, Cees van de Griend wrote:

If I recall correctly, the problem is that your computer is 32 bits and all file systems and all operating systems on it have a theoretical maximum limit of 2 GB per file.

If you need bigger files, switch to a 64 bit system.

Technically it is possible to write a 64-bit file system to run on a 32-bit processor, but it's quite unusual because performance is typically inferior to that of an otherwise similar 32-bit file system (because 64-bit arithmetic on a 32-bit processor is a tad clumsy) and the larger size is so seldom needed. -- 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/

Actually, I dont beleive the limit is imposed by ext2. It is actually imposed by the vfs (virtual file system) using a 32 bit offset address. Several *nixs get around this by pseudo mapping a long long (thats a 64 bit offset). Greisberger Christophe wrote:

There are patches for ext2fs... but since I don't need it, I didn't keep any links on it. Just look around :-)

-----Message d'origine----- De : Herman Knief [mailto:herman@knief.net] Envoye : Donnerstag, 04. Mai 2000 18:54 A : Jon Pennington Cc : suse-linux-e@suse.com Objet : Re: [SLE] Where's the 2GB limitation: MS Backup or Samba?

Well, the bad news is... Reiser also only supports 2GB files. I just tried it, and it died at 2147483647 bytes... 1 short of 2GB.

- Herman

On Thu, 4 May 2000, Jon Pennington wrote:

->>On Wed, May 03, 2000 at 07:46:48PM -0500, Jerry Kreps wrote: ->>> On Wed, 03 May 2000, Christopher D. Reimer wrote: ->>> > From: "Herman Knief" ->>> > > ->>> > > If you're using ext2 as your file system, then that's your 2GB limitation. ->>> > > ->>> > > - Herman ->>> > ->>> > My hard drive is partitioned as ext2, and that sucks if there's a 2GB file ->>> > limitation. Any alternatives? ->>> > ->>> > Thanks! ->>> ->>> Why put all your GB in one partition? ->> ->>It's not an issue of the size of a partition, it's the issue of the ->>size of a single file. ext2 simply cannot write a file that's larger ->>than 2gb in size, and the only alternatives at this time are ReiserFS ->>or ext3. Reiser seems to be a good alternative, and I know several ->>people running it in both workstation and server environments. ext3 is ->>not even ready for a public beta yet. ->> ->>I hope this clarifies things. ->> ->>-- ->>-=|JP|=- ->>Jon Pennington | Atipa Linux Solutions -o) ->>jpennington@atipa.com | http://www.atipa.com /\\ ->>Kansas City, MO, USA | 816-241-2641 x121 _\_V ->> ->>6D04 39E0 CAE9 9ADA 2CA3 2EBE 898A 6C37 CA1E A29C ->> ->>-- ->>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/ ->>

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