John Aldrich wrote:
>
> On Wed, 14 Jun 2000, you wrote:
> > As to the zie of file, I heard about this formula: 2**n, n is the bits
> > of your OS. SO in our case (32 bits), it's about 2.1GB. I used IRIX 64
> > bits system, I could creat 15GB single file.
> >
> IRIX is a 64-bit operating system, though, correct? Linux
> is still a 32-bit O/S (mostly, although there ARE 64-bit
> versions for things like the Sparc or the Alpha processor.)
> John
Actually, this is, generally speaking, more a matter of hardware than
O/S. Some O/Ss are not written to be able to handle both 32- and 64-bit
environments, but most are. Even Windows runs on the Alpha, and has for
some time, although I believe it takes less advantage of the
possiblities of the 64-bit processor than Linux does.
So . . . Linux is a 32/64 bit operating system, but the Intel x86 chips
that the large majority of us run are 32-bit chips, so it's a 32-bit
environment there; if you buy yourself an Alpha, you can run Linux in a
64-bit environment.
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