Actually, last I heard for Windows NT 4 was that there was a 4 TB limit on NTFS. That may have changed for Windows 2000. Tom Veldhouse veldy at veldy.net ----- Original Message ----- From: <Nick.T.Reinking at supervalu.com> To: <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2000 7:41 AM Subject: Re: [TCLUG:21765] file limit? > 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. > > 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org