Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 30 Jul 1998 11:09:27 +1200 | From | Chris Wedgwood <> | Subject | Re: 2.1.108: file sizes > 2GB with ext2? |
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On Wed, Jul 29, 1998 at 11:19:53PM +0200, Andi Kleen wrote:
> They are compatible, because ext2 internally uses 32bit block > numbers (and a block on a normal HD is 512bytes). It is purely a VM > limitation.
So - what does a (say) 5GB file look like when a disk is moved from an Alpha to an Intel box - and what happens you you open/seek/mmap it?
-cw
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