Re: ext3 filesize problem

On Saturday 04 February 2012 05:40, Greg Russell conveyed the following
to comp.os.linux.misc...

On Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:55:59 +0000, J G Miller wrote in
jghhkv$on1$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx :

On Friday, February 3rd, 2012, at 19:39:13h +0000, Greg Russell
wrote:

but why motion should limit an mpeg file to 2GB is still not
understandable to me

Well in another post, Stan has suggested the reason is due to the 32
bit limit if you are using a 32 bit version of motion.

Yes, ... and I find that reasoning to be inadequate and unconvincing.
2 GB is not a limit on a 32-bit ext3 filesystem.

No, but it may be and often is the limit of /certain/ 32-bit
_applications_ [*]. It has nothing to do with the ext3 filesystem.


[*] The following pertains to web browsers and download utilities, but
it's a useful bit of information...:
http://www.kernel.org/faq/#largefiles

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