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. > > It all depends on the quality of the file system. Well, it's kind of both. Some filesystems can't handle large files at all (the aincent minix and ext filesystems are examples of this). Other filesystems can handle large files, but only if the kernel supports it. I believe that ext2 supports large files on Alpha. Also, Linux 2.4 will support large files if the filesystem supports it, regardless of whether you are on a 32-bit or 64-bit system. GFS for Linux 2.2 gets around this with some kernel patches on 32-bit systems, if I remember right. -- _ _ _ _ _ ___ _ _ _ ___ _ _ __ If you're not part of the / \/ \(_)| ' // ._\ / - \(_)/ ./| ' /(__ solution, you're part of \_||_/|_||_|_\\___/ \_-_/|_|\__\|_|_\ __) the precipitate. [ Mike Hicks | http://umn.edu/~hick0088/ | mailto:hick0088 at tc.umn.edu ] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org