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Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 09:20:21 -0400
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To: Gunnar Isaksson <sm5iuf@telia.com>
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Subject: Re: FreeBSD filesystem limitations
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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
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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
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