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  From: Allan <allan@choska.bold.net.au>
  To  : Andrew Hill <list@fornax.net>
        <linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au>
  Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 11:32:29 +1030

Re: 2.4 Kernel and e2fs limits

On Tue, 27 Feb 2001, Andrew Hill wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> As a result of a HDD crash yesterday, I've now got a nice new
> big drive with space to spare :-)
> 
> So, while wondering about what to do with all that space, I
> was wondering about the 2GB file limit on the e2fs filesystem.
> 
> A quick web search indicates that this is not so much an e2fs
> issue, but a 32-bit issue hangover in the 2.2 kernel, that
> "will be fixed in 2.4".

Does that mean that the 11G partition on my Turbolinux system won't work??

No I haven't updated the kernel (yet).

Allan

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