From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Oct 16 23:24:32 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id XAA08811 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 16 Oct 1996 23:24:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id XAA08806 for ; Wed, 16 Oct 1996 23:24:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.7.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id XAA04241; Wed, 16 Oct 1996 23:24:28 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 16 Oct 1996 23:24:28 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: W Mark Maynard II cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Filesystem In-Reply-To: <199610162028.UAA79815@smtp-gw01.ny.us.ibm.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Wed, 16 Oct 1996, W Mark Maynard II wrote: > Can someone tell me what filesystem FreeBSD uses? Also, are there any > special limitations (max partition size, max file size, filename length > restrictions, etc.)? FreeBSD uses a modified Berkeley UFS for it's native filesystem. As far as we know, in -current, there is no maximum filesystem size. Current tests (using the ccd concatecated disk driver) show that filesystems upwards of 4 terrabytes are possible (with some modifications to the filesystem code which I believe have been committed to -current). Max file size is 2GB. Filenames are pretty much free-form, I believe there is a limit at 255 characters or so, not sure there. You wouldn't want a filename that long, imagine typing it to create it in the first place! :) The largest sticky point (from an installation perspective) is to ensure that the root partition is below the 1024 cylinder mark. Most PC BIOSs can't boot anything above that mark. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major