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Date: Fri, 31 May 2002 20:28:53 -0400
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Subject: Re: DB2 on FreeBSD??
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Jan Grant wrote:
> 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look out of date, I wonder if 4.X has increased the sizes further?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.

If this is the case, someone should update the FAQ with this information.

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Bill Moran
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