Hello guys, I have a question about ext3 on Linux 2.2: Are there the same file size limitation (2Gb) like with ext2? I tried google but I still with this question. ps.: Include Reply-to me, I'm not subscribed on list. Thaks for aswners, []'s -- ::: .''`. ::: ::: : :' : ::: Rodrigo Morais Araujo (rma) <rma@cin.ufpe.br> ::: `. `'` ::: UIN: 101720839 ::: `- :::
On Mar 14, 2002 16:45 -0300, Rodrigo Morais Araujo wrote:> Hello guys, I have a question about ext3 on Linux 2.2: > Are there the same file size limitation (2Gb) like with ext2? > I tried google but I still with this question.Yes, unless you have the ext3 LFS patches also (and LFS patches for the rest of your system), or a vendor kernel which has them applied. Please search for "ext3 LFS" and you should find a URL for the patches. You also need a glibc and user tools which are compiled for LFS, so that they can access files > 2GB. Cheers, Andreas -- Andreas Dilger \ "If a man ate a pound of pasta and a pound of antipasto, \ would they cancel out, leaving him still hungry?" http://www-mddsp.enel.ucalgary.ca/People/adilger/ -- Dogbert
Hi, On Thu, Mar 14, 2002 at 04:45:31PM -0300, Rodrigo Morais Araujo wrote:> Hello guys, I have a question about ext3 on Linux 2.2: > Are there the same file size limitation (2Gb) like with ext2? I tried google but I still with this question. >Yes, ext2 and ext3 have exactly the same limits. Both are limited to 2GB on 2.2 and to 4TB (assuming a 4k blocksize) on 2.4. Cheers, Stephen