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In article <338ED301.167E@mailserv.rz.fh-merseburg.de>,
 on Fri, 30 May 1997 14:15:45 +0100,
 Thomas Nowak <Thomas> writes:
>Bryan Palmer wrote:
>>
>> All, am I correct in assuming that the 2GB file limit in the ext2 fs
>> in Linux has been addressed in patch 2.1.9 (in file: fs/ext2/file.c
>> date: 12 Nov 1996)?
>>
>> If I am not correct, was it addressed elsewhere?
>>
>> If corrected, what is the current file size limit in the 2.1.xx
>> series?
>>
>> And what is the most "stable" development system (oxymorons aside)
>> since the the removal of the 2GB limit?
>>
>> _______________________________________________________________
>> Bryan Palmer
>> bpalmer@pcug.org.au
>> http://www.pcug.org.au/~bpalmer/
>> PO Box 167, Woden ACT 2606, Australia
>
>--
>
>
>Hallo Brayan,
>
>
>
>I have no experience with large files, but in an old Linux (to kernel
>version 1.2 ) book I found follow facts to the ext2 filesystem:
>
>maximal partion 2GB (4TB in come )
>maximal filelength 16 GB
>
>So if now greater Partitions are available it look like your file can to
>be 16 GB great.
>
>
>
>Bye Thomas

Hi,

The Linux ext2 fs architectural limit for file size is 4 GB (the file size is
stored as an unsigned 32 bits integer in the I-node). The actual implementation
in Linux limits it to 2 Gb (at least used to : it might have changed in latest
kernels).
Removing the 4 Gb file size limit requires file system layout changes.

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