From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Oct 28 18:49: 7 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from bingnet2.cc.binghamton.edu (bingnet2.cc.binghamton.edu [128.226.1.18]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2AB3615545 for ; Thu, 28 Oct 1999 18:48:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from zzhang@cs.binghamton.edu) Received: from sol.cs.binghamton.edu (cs1-gw.cs.binghamton.edu [128.226.171.72]) by bingnet2.cc.binghamton.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id VAA28249; Thu, 28 Oct 1999 21:48:38 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 20:45:39 -0400 (EDT) From: Zhihui Zhang To: Matthew Dillon Cc: "Chris D. Faulhaber" , Michael Beckmann , hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Limitations in FreeBSD In-Reply-To: <199910282135.OAA10010@apollo.backplane.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 28 Oct 1999, Matthew Dillon wrote: > :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. Can you tell me how to get the 8TB value? I know all the things about indirect blocks and I know that we use negative numbers for those indirect blocks. Thanks. -Zhihui To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message