From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Oct 28 14:35:23 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from apollo.backplane.com (apollo.backplane.com [216.240.41.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DBEDD14C18 for ; Thu, 28 Oct 1999 14:35:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dillon@apollo.backplane.com) Received: (from dillon@localhost) by apollo.backplane.com (8.9.3/8.9.1) id OAA10010; Thu, 28 Oct 1999 14:35:11 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dillon) Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 14:35:11 -0700 (PDT) From: Matthew Dillon Message-Id: <199910282135.OAA10010@apollo.backplane.com> To: "Chris D. Faulhaber" Cc: Michael Beckmann , hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Limitations in FreeBSD References: Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG :On Thu, 28 Oct 1999, Michael Beckmann wrote: : :> Hi ! :> :> 1. What is the maximum size of a file on a filesystem ? :> 2. What is the maximum size of a filesystem ? : :http://www.freebsd.org/FAQ/install.html#AEN704 : :----- :Chris D. Faulhaber | All the true gurus I've met never :System/Network Administrator, | claimed they were one, and always The document is not quite right. The maximum size is limited to 8 Terrabytes due to block-size conversions done in the kernel which are independant of the filesystem block size. -Matt Matthew Dillon To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message