Date: Thu, 18 Dec 1997 17:40:48 -0500 (EST) From: "John S. Dyson" <dyson@FreeBSD.ORG> To: will.macdonald@telus.com (Will Macdonald) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Filesize limitations Message-ID: <199712182240.RAA00242@dyson.iquest.net> In-Reply-To: <34998E44.334B@telus.com> from Will Macdonald at "Dec 18, 97 01:57:40 pm"
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Will Macdonald said: > I am looking for a UNIX operating system whose filesize is not limited > to 4GB. I want to be able to tar a 5GB (single MPEG2 movie file) to a > SCSI DLT (Digital Linear Tape). Linux fails the test. > > Does FreeBSD support filesizes that exceed 4GB? > FreeBSD can easily support filesizes > 4GB. I know that it has been tested up to 40GB, and will likely work higher. Architecturally, there begin to be problems at (I think) around 512GB to 1000GB. That doesn't mean that we don't have some kind of wierd overflow problems somewhere between say, 50GB and 512GB. -- John | Never try to teach a pig to sing, dyson@freebsd.org | it just makes you look stupid, jdyson@nc.com | and it irritates the pig.
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