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Subject: Re: Stability of ReiserFS onj Kernel 2.4.x (sp. 2.4.[56]{-ac*}
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From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
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> Which is a good point - can ext2 handle more than 4gig partitions ? I have
> some vague ideas that it doesn't (and that it does not handle files more
> than 2gig long). I am reasonable sure that ReiserFS is better in this
> regard though I am not certain about this either.

Ext2 handles files larger than 2Gb, and can handle up to about 1Tb per volume
which is the block layer fs size limit.

Alan

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