Return to BSD News archive
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!zib-berlin.de!prise.nz.dlr.de!news.dfn.de!Radio-MSU.net!news.uni-stuttgart.de!rz.uni-karlsruhe.de!stepsun.uni-kl.de!sun.rhrk.uni-kl.de!weber From: weber@rhrk.uni-kl.de (Christoph Weber-Fahr [KIT]) Subject: Re: File system under FreeBSD 2.0 Message-ID: <1994Dec14.204520.7487@rhrk.uni-kl.de> Organization: University of Kaiserslautern, Germany References: <60.10006.5307.0N1C3549@canrem.com> Date: Wed, 14 Dec 1994 20:45:20 GMT Lines: 39 Hello, barnaby.ng@canrem.com (Barnaby Ng) writes: >I'v never used FreeBSD before and like to get the release 2.0. What >kinds of file systems are available under this release? What I'm looking >for is something like this:- You will not like the answer. >- No maximum file size limit. I'm using OS/2 right now and the HPFS file > system has a 2GB limit (per file), and I have files that are bigger > than this. >- No maximum limit on disk size supported. I know the OS has to reside > on a partition within the first 1024 cylinder. OS/2 does not like > disks that are > 2GB. I can only use my 2.7 GB Seagate drive for date > only, OS/2 won't let me install on this drive, even if I create a > partition within the first 1024 cylinder. >- Fast, very fast indeed, especially with so many BIG files. >- Allow a file to span across two or more physical disks. >- Reliable. OS/2's HPFS has its limitation, but it is VERY reliable. I > never lost a single file, not even after a system crash, not even > after a virus attack. Netware. Then hook your OS of choice at the other end of the wire. I said you wouldn't like it... :-) Regards Christoph Weber-Fahr -- Christoph Weber-Fahr | E-Mail: weber@rhrk.uni-kl.de Universitaet Kaiserslautern, KIT | S-Mail: Postfach 3049 Tel. 0631/205-3391 | D-67653 Kaiserslautern -------------------------- My personal opinion only ---------------------