John Summerfield wrote: ...snip... > > My research doesn't confirm that you _can_ do what you want using ext2 > or ext3. I will have a better grasp if you answer the questions I asked. > This isn't really answering Miles questions, but I thought it was good to know for the conversation, and sorta answers John's. question. From RedHat's documentation on the limits of various things http://www.redhat.com/rhel/compare/ For RHEL 5 (and hense SL 5) **i386** Max Filesize (ext3) - 2TB Max Filesystem Size (ext3) - 8TB **x86_64** Max Filesize (ext3) - 2TB Max Filesystem Size (ext3) - 16TB Troy -- __________________________________________________ Troy Dawson [log in to unmask] (630)840-6468 Fermilab ComputingDivision/LCSI/CSI LMSS Group __________________________________________________