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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.misc:4834 comp.os.linux.misc:33412 Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yarrina.connect.com.au!news.mira.net.au!daemon.apana.org.au!otis.apana.org.au!serval.net.wsu.edu!netnews.nwnet.net!oracle.pnl.gov!osi-east2.es.net!lll-winken.llnl.gov!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netcom.com!netcom17!richk From: richk@netcom17.netcom.com (Richard Krehbiel) Subject: Re: Limits on Linux, FreeBSD and NetBSD In-Reply-To: Terry Lambert's message of Tue, 10 Jan 1995 03:07:14 GMT Message-ID: <RICHK.95Jan10103953@netcom17.netcom.com> Sender: richk@netcom.com (Richard Krehbiel) Organization: NETCOM On-line services References: <pwdD25Htq.58A@netcom.com> <D26603.FzH@park.uvsc.edu> Date: Tue, 10 Jan 1995 18:39:53 GMT Lines: 25 In article <D26603.FzH@park.uvsc.edu> Terry Lambert <terry@cs.weber.edu> writes: > pwd@netcom.com (Philip W. Dalrymple III) wrote: > ] We just ran into a limit on Interactive Unix and I would like to know > ] what these limits on Linux, FreeBSD and NetBSD for Intel Systems are: > ] > ] Max number of I nodes per file system (unsigned int on Interactive) > ] Max Size of any one file system (about 2000 Meg on Interactive) > ] Max number of disks On the system > ] Max hardware size (SCSI) of any one disk. > > The MAX disk size on SCSI is fixed; if you don't like it, you'll > have to discover a standard other than SCSI -- actually, I think > the 8G limit of SCSI isn't surpassed by anything on a PC, but I > could be wrong (correct me, correct me!). You know, I was under the impression that the SCSI protocol has a 32 bit value for disk sector numbers. With 4G 512-byte sectors, that comes to 2 terabytes. And SCSI sector size may be other than 512 bytes, too. And by the way, Seagate already sells a 9G SCSI disk drive... -- Richard Krehbiel richk@netcom.com Picture a clever one-liner here...