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From: daveh@xtenk.asd.sgi.com (David Higgen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: Re: Maximum disk size
Message-ID: <111623@sgi.sgi.com>
Date: 19 Jun 91 22:11:39 GMT
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In article <8531@oasys.dt.navy.mil>, scfisher@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Fisher) writes:
> Does anyone know what the maximum disk size that Irix will support?  We
> are considering getting some 1.6GB (unformatted) drives for our systems.

There really is no explicit limit on disk size as such. (Well, OK, 2^31
512-byte blocks... ;-)  )

The maximum filesystem size is currently 8 gig.

Are these drives anything we support? If not, the usual caveats about
being on your own with third-party hardware apply, of course...



		Dave Higgen (daveh@xtenk.asd.sgi.com)