[SuSE Linux] Linux File Size Limits
A question I've just been asked which I realise I don't have a definite answer to. What is the maximum file size limit on the Linux ext2 file system? (At one time, there was a 2GB limit on an ext2 filesystem as a whole. I gather this has now been raised to 4 terabytes -- is this definitively true?) Someone I know did test this question a while ago by doing cat /dev/zero > filename and it stopped when the size of "filename" hit 2GB, from which he inferred that the 2GB size limit still applies, but to files as opposed to filesystems. If there's a FAQ, HOWTO or other definitive documentation about this I'd be most obliged for a pointer. With thanks, and best wishes, Ted. -------------------------------------------------------------------- E-Mail: (Ted Harding) <Ted.Harding@nessie.mcc.ac.uk> Date: 07-Sep-98 Time: 11:40:10 -------------------------------------------------------------------- - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e
Hi, On Mon, Sep 07, Ted Harding wrote:
What is the maximum file size limit on the Linux ext2 file system?
Ted. -o) Hubert Mantel /\\ _\_v
2 GB on 32 bit systems (intel). - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e
On Mon, 07 Sep 1998, you wrote:
A question I've just been asked which I realise I don't have a definite answer to.
What is the maximum file size limit on the Linux ext2 file system?
(At one time, there was a 2GB limit on an ext2 filesystem as a whole. I gather this has now been raised to 4 terabytes -- is this definitively true?)
[snip] I can't answer your question about file size, but as to the file system limits, I have a 3.78GB usr partition, so I know that the 2GB limit no longer applies. Fred -- - Windows 98 supports real multitasking - it can boot and crash simultaneously - Fred A. Miller, Systems Administrator Cornell Univ. Press Services fmiller@lightlink.com fm@cupserv.org - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e
Hi, On Mon, Sep 07, fmiller wrote:
I can't answer your question about file size, but as to the file system limits, I have a 3.78GB usr partition, so I know that the 2GB limit no longer applies.
Fred -o) Hubert Mantel /\\ _\_v
On 32 bit architecture, a file can be 2^31 Bytes and a filesystem can be 2^31 blocks (512 bytes). This gives a maximum fs size of 1 TB. I'm not sure whether unsigned is used which would give us even 2 TB. Galois:/root # df -h /real-home /home/gebh /mirror /work /schnell Filesystem Size Used Avail Capacity Mounted on /dev/sda11 13G 11G 2.6G 80% /real-home 192.168.100.1:/real-home 4.7G 4.2G 249M 95% /home/gebh 192.168.102.2:/mirror 62G 52G 9.6G 85% /mirror 192.168.102.10:/work 55G 44G 10.0G 82% /work schnell:/schnell 51G 19G 30G 39% /schnell - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e
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