Is there a partiton size limit?

[don fisher]

Norberto Bensa wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 8:12 PM, don fisher <hdf3 at comcast.net> wrote:
>> I have tried both ext3 and xfs. I built an 5.2TB xfs partition on my
>> last system. Fsck says the partition is:
>>
>> Disk /dev/sda: 10499.9 GB, 10499923116032 bytes
> 
> Please don't top post:
> http://www.ubuntu.com/support/community/mailinglists/etiquette
> 
> What kernel are you using? I'm not sure, but if you're using desktop
> kernels, maybe (_maybe_) those are not compiled with LFS (large file
> support). I don't have a .config to check right now. Take a look at
> /boot/config*
> 
> Perhaps you'll like to check server kernels or compile you're own
> kernels with LFS.
> 
> If you're using server kernels, then I have no idea.
> 
> HTH,
> Norberto
> 
I will do that. But I am curious. Do you know why that is termed "proper 
etiquette"? The mail reader I use, Thunderbird, opens an email at the 
top. Is is a bit annoying have to scroll to the end to find the reply.

don
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