T. Horsnell wrote: > I'm trying to find the maximum size of an ext3 filesystem > and the maximum size of a file within that system. You may find these links interesting, current and relevant: http://lwn.net/Articles/187321/ http://lwn.net/Articles/187336/ http://lwn.net/Articles/190169/ Take a look at the comments -- one contributor has built multi-petabyte systems... You may need to use something other than the old DOS partition format (which most PCs currently use) to get past a 2 TB limit on the size of disk devices. The obvious choice is GPT: The commonly-used MS-DOS partition table format can not be used on devices larger than 2 TB. For devices larger than 2 TB, the GPT partition table format must be used. The parted utility must be used for the creation and management of GPT partitions. To create a GPT partition, use the parted command mklabel gpt. · The Anaconda installer currently only supports GPT partition tables on the Itanium™ architecture. As a result, it is not possible to install or format devices that are larger that 2 TB with Anaconda, except on Itanium™ platforms. http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-4-Manual/release-notes/as-s390/RELEASE-NOTES-U1-s390-en.html (ignore the s390 bits -- it's just that those systems are most likely to encounter this problem). Hope this helps, James. -- New address: james | It's fair enough for a surgeon to refuse to operate on @aprilcottage.co.uk | someone who won't stop smoking: you've got to give the | anaesthetist a chance to get in there. | -- "Jeremy Hardy Speaks to the Nation", BBC Radio 4
