Subject: Re: Disk size...
To: None <CaptnZilog@aol.com>
From: David Brownlee <abs@anim.dreamworks.com>
List: port-vax
Date: 09/24/1998 10:43:41
NetBSD supports 64bit filesystems (4GB * 4GB)
There were some issues about files within a filesystem being
longer than a certain limit (something to do with triple
indirected inode blocks if I recall), but you should be able
to hook up pretty damn big disks without problems :)
David/absolute
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On Thu, 24 Sep 1998 CaptnZilog@aol.com wrote:
> Just curious... what are the limits (if any) on the size of a disk
> supported by NetBSD (Vax, or otherwise). Just wondering since
> I seem to remember that SunOS 4.x and Solaris <2.3 didn't like
> any drive over 2Gb... will NetBSD support a 4Gb drive? 9Gb?
>
> Pete Hufnagel
> "CaptnZilog@aol.com"
>