On Sat Sep 16, 2000 at 09:10:37AM -0500, Ellick Chan wrote:

> > Just out of curiousity, what's the file size limit with ext2?  I think
> > it's 2GB but I need to know for sure.  Does anyone know?

> Ext2 is a 32-bit file sys, which can address up to 2^31 kb, or 2gb, as
> well as reiserfs. A quick way to find out the file size limit is to type
> 'dd if=/dev/null of=testfile', then 'ls -l testfile'. This only works 
> if you have more or equal than the file size limit in free space.

So reiserfs can only have up to 2GB for file sizes as well?  I thought
it would be bigger?

I'll try that test once I can free up enough space on a drive over
here.  Thanks!

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