From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261473AbTKLDoX (ORCPT ); Tue, 11 Nov 2003 22:44:23 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261484AbTKLDoX (ORCPT ); Tue, 11 Nov 2003 22:44:23 -0500 Received: from adsl-63-194-239-202.dsl.lsan03.pacbell.net ([63.194.239.202]:63502 "EHLO mmp-linux.matchmail.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261473AbTKLDoV (ORCPT ); Tue, 11 Nov 2003 22:44:21 -0500 Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 19:44:22 -0800 From: Mike Fedyk To: Bernd Schubert Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2 TB partition support Message-ID: <20031112034422.GH2014@mis-mike-wstn.matchmail.com> Mail-Followup-To: Bernd Schubert , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <16304.9647.994684.804486@wombat.chubb.wattle.id.au> <20031112002811.GA18177@tc.pci.uni-heidelberg.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20031112002811.GA18177@tc.pci.uni-heidelberg.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 01:28:11AM +0100, Bernd Schubert wrote: > On Mon, Nov 10, 2003 at 06:12:06PM -0800, Joseph Shamash wrote: > > Hello Peter, > > > > Forgive another quick Q or two. > > > > What is the maximum partition size for a patched 2.4.x kernel, > > and where are those patches? > > > > Hello, > > Are 2TB possible with an unpatched 2.4.x 64bit-AMD64 kernel? The > partion is supposed to be reiserfs. I read an about 2 years old > discussion about this and Hans Reiser statet that the maximum size is > about 2GB. Unfortunality I don't know what this 'about' depends on. That would refer to the Reiserfs 3.5 format, which is limited to 2GB max file sizes. If you use 2.4, and have never used a 2.2 reiserfs kernel, then you probably have the 3.6 format that has a much larger limit.