Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 09:20:21 -0400 From: Nathan Vidican <webmaster@wmptl.com> To: Gunnar Isaksson <sm5iuf@telia.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD filesystem limitations Message-ID: <3AE6CF15.468F8D66@wmptl.com> References: <3AD80959.91CBE6C5@telia.com>
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Gunnar Isaksson wrote: > > Hello guys, > > I've been using FreeBSD a few years ago and was very > impressed, however I catched the Linux flu and have > not followed the FreeBSD development the last years. > > In Linux (without special kernel patches) there is > a filesize limit of 2GB and fsck is slow. > > It's my memory that fsck is much faster on FreeBSD > due to some magic in the filesystem. Is this the > case? (My 46GB disks would like that) > > I have no memory of any filesize limitation on > FreeBSD and would like to know if there is anything > similar to the Linux 2GB limit? > > //Gunnar Isaksson > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message I've seen similar threads to this come through this list now and then. While I've never personally acheived single files having a size larger than 2gigs, I am told it is not a problem under FreeBSD. If I remember correctly, it's because FreeBSD uses a 64bit filesystem, whereas Linux uses a 32bit system. Nathan Vidican Nathan@Vidican.com http://Nathan.Vidican.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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