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.
->>
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