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Date:      Fri, 31 May 2002 11:25:08 +0100 (BST)
From:      Jan Grant <Jan.Grant@bristol.ac.uk>
To:        "Lance M.Westerhoff" <lmw188@psu.edu>
Cc:        Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com>, freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: DB2 on FreeBSD??
Message-ID:  <Pine.GSO.4.44.0205311117201.29324-100000@mail.ilrt.bris.ac.uk>
In-Reply-To: <692A9F50-7442-11D6-B5D1-00039357F10C@psu.edu>

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On Thu, 30 May 2002, Lance M.Westerhoff wrote:

> On Thursday, May 30, 2002, at 03:50  PM, Bill Moran wrote:

[ on filesystems being limited to 1TB ]

> > However, I'm not aware of any 1T limit on FreeBSD filesystems. Here's
> > the authoritative answer:
> > http://www.freebsd.org/FAQ/install.html#AEN936
> > If these number aren't reliable, someone who knows what the numbers
> > really are should take responsibility for updating the FAQ.  They sure
> > look out of date, I wonder if 4.X has increased the sizes further?
>
> Agreed.  There seems to be some question here.

There is no question at all. Filesystem datastructures may be able to
address larger spaces, but the underlying drivers use 512-byte blocks
numbered by a signed 32-bit int. It's in the code; do the math.


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