Re: Unix 2GB file size limit

[z007400b@bcfreenet.seflin.lib.fl.us (Ralph Silverman)]

100247.450@compuserve.com wrote:

: Greg,

: Solaris has a 2GB file size limit. The boys at Sun tell me this will be increased to 48GB in Solaris 2.6. Most 32 bit Unixes suffer this limitation (We have the same problem with DG/UX - Data General Unix on the Hospital Information Systems project at C

SC Australia. 

: Where abouts are you on campus? I consult to CSC and work on the 1st floor of the Winthrop Technology building. Give us a ring sometime on 382-0204. I wouldn't mind getting your opinion of Solaris and Sun - particularly its reliability. 

: Cheers
: Steve Tull
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	finite limits...
	of finite machines...
	will,  i suppose,
	be with us in the
	future...
	unix,  generally,  has effective
	methods for working around these
	...
	the
		'tree structure'
	of the
		file directory system...
	allows for the organization,
	and interassociation,
	of related files...

	imaginative specialists
	could,  i suppose,
	come up with other system
	features related to dealing
	with such finite limits...


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Ralph Silverman
z007400b@bcfreenet.seflin.lib.fl.us




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Ralph Silverman
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