From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Aug 4 15:50:44 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA10655 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Tue, 4 Aug 1998 15:50:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from moebius.space.net (moebius.Space.Net [195.30.1.25]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id PAA10649 for ; Tue, 4 Aug 1998 15:50:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from maex@Space.Net) Received: (qmail 21333 invoked by uid 1013); 4 Aug 1998 22:49:42 -0000 Message-ID: <19980805004942.L12619@space.net> Date: Wed, 5 Aug 1998 00:49:42 +0200 From: Markus Stumpf To: Brett Taylor , freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: couple of questions References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i In-Reply-To: ; from Brett Taylor on Tue, Aug 04, 1998 at 02:05:31PM -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, Aug 04, 1998 at 02:05:31PM -0600, Brett Taylor wrote: > - maximum file/partition size: > > - I've seen files (from an ls -l emailed to me) of ~ 7 GB, but > I'm not sure what the absolute maximum file size is. Is there > a hard limit? Hmmm ... this is from man 2 intro (2.2.6-RELEASE) > 27 EFBIG File too large. The size of a file exceeded the maximum (about > 2.1E9 bytes). This is 2 GB, right? But I've heard NetBSD has bigger files. \Maex N.B. This 2 GB always hits me with backups of large partitions that don't compress well. Still using amanda-2.3.0, however, amanda-2.4.0 is able to handle this with artificial splits. -- SpaceNet GmbH | http://www.Space.Net/ | In a world whithout Research & Development | mailto:research@Space.Net | walls and fences, Frankfurter Ring 193a | Tel: +49 (89) 32356-0 | who needs D-80807 Muenchen | Fax: +49 (89) 32356-299 | Windows and Gates? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message