Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 27 Feb 2002 15:16:55 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 27 Feb 2002 15:16:33 -0500 Received: from lightning.swansea.linux.org.uk ([194.168.151.1]:9488 "EHLO the-village.bc.nu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 27 Feb 2002 15:16:11 -0500 Subject: Re: Big file support To: barubary@cox.net (Barubary) Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002 20:31:02 +0000 (GMT) Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, rstevens@vitalstream.com (Rick Stevens) In-Reply-To: <006301c1bfc9$a5c6de90$a7eb0544@CX535256D> from "Barubary" at Feb 27, 2002 12:02:12 PM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL6] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: From: Alan Cox Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > A lot of the kernel supports big files already. The real problem is the > fact that the primary Linux file system, ext3, does not. If you use some > file system besides ext3, big files should work. This is incorrect information. Ext3 supports large files. Whoever told you otherwise was wrong. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/