2TB filesystem limitations

Jason plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
Mon, 08 Oct 2001 21:17:29 +0000


Its always irked me that the limitation is 2TB and not 4TB.

But we gotta have signed integers, for all those people with negetive
hard disc space....

J B wrote:
> 
> Plug list,
> 
> Anybody out there know the status of 2TB file system limitations on the x86
> platform and the attempts to circumvent this in the 2.4+ kernel?  I know
> somebody's working on this, but I'm having a tough time hunting down any
> documentation on who is doing what, and where they are.
> 
> Also, anyone know if this is a limitation on a 64bit platform (i.e. Sparc)?
> I know XFS is still talking about this being a limitation, but I'm not sure
> what the implications are on a 64 bit platform.
> 
> Thanks for any info!
> 
> Jeff B.
> 
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