Actually, FAT32 has a 4GB limitation, at least under Windows OS's. FAT16 has a 2 GB limitation. Actually, a 2GB filesystem limitation except under NT, where it is 4GB. I don't know if Linux supports this 4GB filesystem size. -----Original Message----- From: fedora-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fedora-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Justin L Croonenberghs Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2003 12:25 PM To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: 2 Gb File Size Limit ? Doncho N. Gunchev said: > On Wednesday 12 November 2003 21:38, Zate wrote: >> Can anyone tell me if Fedora will have a 2 Gb file size limit ? I am >> trying to copy a VMWare image from a DVD to my home dir (got plenty of >> space) and it stops with a IO Error at about 2 Gb. Wanted to know if >> its >> a limit of the OS/File System because I can copy the file fine in >> Windows. > > I had ~ 34 Gb tar backup last week. No problem with RedHat 9 (and maybe > 8), > so there's no OS/FS limit (at least not with ext3). Then I split-ed it > into > 700Mb chunks to burn it on CDs. After this I've tested it to see if I can > use it to recover the system - all fine. RedHat 7.? seems to have 2Gb > limit. Hmm, I always thought the 2GB file-size limit was a FAT32 limitation...is this a Linux thing too? I've never run across this problem. (granted, I seldom work with files > 2GB, bur...) -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
