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SubjectRe: 1GB limit - new filesystem or ext3?

On Thu, 26 Mar 1998, Alistair Riddell wrote:

> Pardon me for being ignorant, but wouldn't it be possible to use unsigned
> (i.e. 32-bit) variables instead of 31-bit? That would at least allow 4GB
> files. Or is the extra bit/sign used for something?
[...]

Yeah (as I understand it), the sign is necessary so you can do backwards
(negative) seeks.

-J

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