Re: [TCLUG:17578] Partition: swap

["Thomas T. Veldhouse" <veldy@veldy.net>]

I haven't been to any meetings.  I have had enough of the UofM for a
lifetime and don't really care to manipulate the campus foot traffic
anymore.

Tom Veldhouse
veldy@veldy.net

----- Original Message -----
From: <parker@momma.mi-recordz.com>
To: <tclug-list@mn-linux.org>
Sent: Friday, May 12, 2000 12:08 PM
Subject: Re: [TCLUG:17578] Partition: swap


>
> > Did you check out the GFS stuff. Their file system didn't sound too
> > bad...
>
> Did tclug recently cover this in a meeting, did the speaker discuss
> security? I quickly scanned an article about this and it's a pretty
> interesting animal.
>
> I haven't time at the moment but I've gotta take a look at this.
>
> > "Thomas T. Veldhouse" wrote:
> > >
> > > Any idea when some other FS might be available (release code)?
ReiserFS?
> > >
> > > Tom Veldhouse
> > > veldy@veldy.net
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: Mike Hicks <hick0088@tc.umn.edu>
> > > To: <tclug-list@mn-linux.org>
> > > Sent: Friday, May 12, 2000 12:52 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [TCLUG:17578] Partition: swap
> > >
> > > > "Thomas T. Veldhouse" wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Isn't that the upper limit for an ext2 file system?  When are they
going
> > > to
> > > > > get past this?  This seems to be a nasty enterprise limitation
that
> > > other
> > > > > modern operating systems don't seem to share.
> > > >
> > > > There is a 2GB limit for individual files, though there are some
tweaks
> > > > out there to bring it up to 4GB, IIRC.  You might also manage to
bring
> > > > that up by increasing block sizes (I think ext2 can handle 1k, 2k,
and
> > > > 4k), though I've never heard of anyone doing that.
> > > >
> > > > But you're right, ext2 is in need of replacement (I really hate
waiting
> > > > for my 6GB drive to fsck..  I'm glad I don't deal with any larger
> > > > drives!)
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > >  _  _  _  _ _  ___    _ _  _  ___ _ _  __   If you choke a smurf,
> > > > / \/ \(_)| ' // ._\  / - \(_)/ ./| ' /(__   what color does it turn?
> > > > \_||_/|_||_|_\\___/  \_-_/|_|\__\|_|_\ __)
> > > > [ Mike Hicks | http://umn.edu/~hick0088/ |
mailto:hick0088@tc.umn.edu ]
> > > >
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