Re: Volume Managers in Linux

Alex Buell (alex.buell@tahallah.demon.co.uk)
Fri, 6 Nov 1998 08:37:58 -0500 (EST)


On Fri, 6 Nov 1998, Alan Cox wrote:

> We don't need to. ext2fs supports over 2Gig files. What doesn't is the
> core vfs layer for 32bit machines. 2.1.x on an Alpha will let you have
> huge ext2 files happily

Isn't it my understanding that the forthcoming ext3fs for kernels 2.3.x
will allow >2GB files even on a 32bit machine, correct?

Cheers,
Alex

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