Re: max ext2 fs size

From: Rik van Riel (riel@conectiva.com.br)
Date: Thu May 11 2000 - 12:52:41 EST

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On Thu, 11 May 2000, Giuliano Pochini wrote:

> Is the size onf an ext2 partition limited on an intel box ?

Yes. I believe it is limited to about 2 TB (yes, TERAbyte).

If you have >2TB of disk and run into this limit, it shouldn't
be more than a minor inconvenience to move to a 64-bit platform.
I don't want to imagine the fsck times on a 2 TB filesystem though ;)

cheers,

Rik

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