Date: Fri, 31 May 2002 11:25:08 +0100 (BST) From: Jan Grant <Jan.Grant@bristol.ac.uk> To: "Lance M.Westerhoff" <lmw188@psu.edu> Cc: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com>, freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: DB2 on FreeBSD?? Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.44.0205311117201.29324-100000@mail.ilrt.bris.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <692A9F50-7442-11D6-B5D1-00039357F10C@psu.edu>
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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 look out of date, I wonder if 4.X has increased the sizes further?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. -- jan grant, ILRT, University of Bristol. http://www.ilrt.bris.ac.uk/ Tel +44(0)117 9287088 Fax +44 (0)117 9287112 RFC822 jan.grant@bris.ac.uk Ever see something and think, "I've gotta leverage me some of that?" Odds are, you were looking at a synergy and didn't even know it. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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