From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Sep 13 12:49:35 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from sand2.global.net.uk (sand2.global.net.uk [195.147.246.100]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3CD2115075 for ; Mon, 13 Sep 1999 12:49:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mark@globalnet.co.uk) Received: from p2fs02a02.client.global.net.uk ([195.147.146.48] helo=marder-1.) by sand2.global.net.uk with esmtp (Exim 2.05 #1) id 11Qc6O-0002cX-00; Mon, 13 Sep 1999 20:49:24 +0100 Received: (from mark@localhost) by marder-1. (8.9.2/8.8.8) id UAA02884; Mon, 13 Sep 1999 20:41:07 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mark) Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 20:41:07 +0100 From: Mark Ovens To: Greg Lehey Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Maximum Hard Disk Size / Maximum Partition Size for FreeBSD 3.2-Release Message-ID: <19990913204107.B2529@marder-1> References: <003601befd4f$ad86f820$ca730418@stealth.xxx> <3.0.6.32.19990912150241.007b99b0@mail.vt.edu> <19990912203530.B668@marder-1> <19990913115826.E10106@freebie.lemis.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.3i In-Reply-To: <19990913115826.E10106@freebie.lemis.com>; from Greg Lehey on Mon, Sep 13, 1999 at 11:58:26AM +0930 Organization: Total lack of Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Sep 13, 1999 at 11:58:26AM +0930, Greg Lehey wrote: > On Sunday, 12 September 1999 at 20:35:30 +0100, Mark Ovens wrote: > > On Sun, Sep 12, 1999 at 03:02:41PM -0400, Ryan Turner wrote: > >> > >> I am not sure what the maximum size is, but I have used 13 Gig EIDE > >> partitions with 3.2-release. > >> > > > > See section 1 of the FAQ, "What are the limits for ffs filesystems?" > > Better still, I'll quote it: > That's very generous Greg. I'd left it as an exercise for the reader ;-) [FAQ snipped] -- STATE-OF-THE-ART: Any computer you can't afford. OBSOLETE: Any computer you own. ________________________________________________________________ FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/ mailto:mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message