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Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2001 16:19:47 -0700
From: Andreas Dilger <adilger@turbolabs.com>
To: Mike Eldridge <diz@cafes.net>
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Subject: Re: Filesize limit on SMBFS
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On Nov 23, 2001  17:11 -0600, Mike Eldridge wrote:
> ext2 has a 2GB filesize limitation.

Where do you get that idea from.  I have created files up to 4TB (sparse
ones, of course) without problems.  After that you start hitting bugs in
the VFS and ext2 _code_, but you should be able to have up to 16TB files
on a 4kB block ext2 fs.

Please stop spreading misinformation.  Maybe there is a 2GB limitation
in libc, or your tools, or in 2.2 ext2 _implementation_ (which is
fixed if you apply the LFS patch for ext2), but no such limit in the
design of ext2 itself.

Cheers, Andreas
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Andreas Dilger
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