Re: [LI] Large disks

[Rohit <rohits@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> I have no fundas. The only one I have before me is the fact that I have
> installed Linux on 6-8 GB partitions without sweat. And I believe your
> question has already been answered by someone else - there is a 2 GB
> *FILE* size limit in Linux. It does not apply to partitions or
> filesystems.

File size limit? hmm... I am sure me's not gonna use that big a file.
This still does not restrict the size of an item in POSTGRESQL, right?
There, t hat would be a limitation of the DB, right? Which may be equal
to or greater than this size... anyone handled this before?

> As far as I know, FAT is the only filesystem that has an issue with large
> partitions because of the static nature of the File Allocation Table.
> Inodes in the *nix file systems don't have that problem.

Achchha.. hmm.. got it.
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