Hi, On Tue, Oct 08, 2002 at 11:54:16AM -0400, Max Berenson wrote: > Does the file system size limit of 1TB effectively limit the maximum > file size to 1TB as well or can a file span file systems? No, if the file is sparse (ie. it contains "holes" where there are no disk blocks allocated), then the file size can be larger than the filesystem size. (You make a hole by seeking beyond the current end-of-file and then writing there. The blocks between the old EOF and the start of the new write don't get allocated on disk, but get automatically padded with zeroes on a subsequent read.) Files cannot currently span multiple filesystems. Cheers, Stephen _______________________________________________ Ext3-users@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ext3-users
