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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!sgiblab!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wupost!gumby!yale!yale.edu!jvnc.net!nuscc!ntuix!eoahmad From: eoahmad@ntuix.ntu.ac.sg (Othman Ahmad) Subject: Largest file size for 386BSD ? Message-ID: <1992Nov6.031757.20766@ntuix.ntu.ac.sg> Organization: Nanyang Technological University - Singapore X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6] Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 03:17:57 GMT Lines: 17 Original Unix has the largest file size of 4Gbyte, because it uses 24-bit pointer.(shouldn't it be 16Gbyte?) What is the size for 386bsd? If it still uses 24-bit pointers, then the largest size is still 4Gbyte. This will be an important issue because soon we'll have hundreds of gigabytes, instead of magabytes soon. It took the jump from tens mega to hundreds in just 10 years. -- Othman bin Ahmad, School of EEE, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 2263. Internet Email: eoahmad@ntuix.ntu.ac.sg Bitnet Email: eoahmad@ntuvax.bitnet