On Thu, Sep 28, 2000 at 07:41:40AM -0500, Nick.T.Reinking at supervalu.com wrote: >Actually, the file size limit is file system limit, not a Linux >limit. ext2 has a file size limit of 2GB on 32-bit systems. >ReiserFS is larger, I believe, and if you're running >Windows, NTFS has unlimited file size on 32-bit systems. > GFS has unlimited file size. Came in handy when dd'ing 36 block devices to a RAID Array. >It all depends on the quality of the file system. > >Nick > > > > > >dopp at acm.cs.umn.edu, on 09/28/2000 07:37:41 AM >To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org @ PMDF >cc: >Subject: [TCLUG:21765] file limit? > >Hmmm... trying to create a 4 GB tarball on a RedHat 6.2 box. At about 1 >GB, it just sort of stops. I know Linux has a file size limit. Anyone >know if that limit is 1 GB? > >Gabe > >-- >-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Gabe Turner | X-President, >UNIX Systems Administrator, | Assoc. for Computing Machinery >U of M Supercomputing Institute for | Univerisity of Minnesota >Digital Simulation and Advanced Computation | dopp at acm.cs.umn.edu > >"Dear Dr. Stupid: Why do I have to go to school?" -- Announcer >"Your parents are aliens!! While you're at school, they shed their > human skins and breathe dryer lint!!" > - Dr. Stupid in "Ask Dr. Stupid" >-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org >For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org > > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org >For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org -- Ben Lutgens Cell: 651.387.9065 Home: 651.703.9541 Backup not found: (A)bort (R)etry (T)hrowup ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org