Re: [TCLUG:17578] Partition: swap

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

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>
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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!)
>
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