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Any way around the ext2 2GiB limit?

Subject: Any way around the ext2 2GiB limit?
From: bill at horne.net (E. Wiliam Horne)
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2001 14:19:43 -0500

I tried touse TAR to transfer a Windoze partition from an old disk to a
new, but it abended with a "file too large" error.

I thought this was a reflection of the old BIOS and the 8 GB limit, but
now I realize it's not: it's a limit of ext2.

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- Any way around the ext2 2GiB limit?
  - From: ron.peterson at yellowbank.com (Ron Peterson)
- Any way around the ext2 2GiB limit?
  - From: mbrodeur at NextTime.com (Matthew J. Brodeur)

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