Re: [TCLUG:17578] Partition: swap

[Troy Johnson <john1536@tc.umn.edu>]

Did you check out the GFS stuff. Their file system didn't sound too
bad...

"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>
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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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