> > I know that while evaluating Reiser FS for use on SourceForge we've
> > created files up to 4gb in size.
> 
> Some versions of reiserfs had a hack for this. Its not a good idea and Im
> told its now been removed. If you grab the LFS patches for 2.2 from the
> RH 6.2beta kernel rpms you'll be able to build a 64bit ext2/ext3 environment
> that is 2.4pre compatible. We dont use the patches in 6.2 beta but they are
> in the srpm (they have a small performance hit)

I have asked previously in several places (here included) about accessing 
files larger than 2 Gb and was always told it's impossible.

I did not mention ext2 because I was not using ext2; indeed I simply want 
to use an entire disk.

Is there a simple way for me to do this?

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John Summerfield
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