> NO, this is CERTANTLY WRONG.
>
> I dont know the exact numbers (it was posted a bit back, do a search)
>
> But it depends on the Block size chosen (default is 1k but upto 4k is easy
> on x86 on 8k on alpha I recall) and the arch (32 vs 64 bit).
>
> 1TiB might be the lowest limlt (1k,32bit) but there is no reason not to
> format such a FS with 4k blocks.
There are different limits. We've got a limit for the size of block
devices and a limit given by the structure of ext2. The latter is given
by the 32bit pointers used in inodese and indirect block pointer blocks
etc. 32bit pointers == 4GiBlocks, 4GiBlocks * blocksize is therefore
the limit. The common blocksize is 1kb, so the ext2 limit is 4TB.
Ralf
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