Date: Fri, 31 May 2002 20:28:53 -0400 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> To: Jan Grant <Jan.Grant@bristol.ac.uk> Cc: "Lance M.Westerhoff" <lmw188@psu.edu>, freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DB2 on FreeBSD?? Message-ID: <3CF81545.4030005@potentialtech.com> References: <Pine.GSO.4.44.0205311117201.29324-100000@mail.ilrt.bris.ac.uk>
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Jan Grant wrote: > 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look out of date, I wonder if 4.X has increased the sizes further?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. If this is the case, someone should update the FAQ with this information. -- Bill Moran Potential Technology http://www.potentialtech.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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