From 02c459bde3e068fc248ed957018c1e2a1c51ccdb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Lucas Date: Thu, 12 May 2005 14:47:57 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Remove filesystem limits for pre-3.0-current systems. Also rewrite an answer to be more clear. --- en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml | 52 ++++++++--------------------- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 39 deletions(-) diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml index dde9214749..40cd37c0e8 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml +++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml @@ -2054,15 +2054,11 @@ sectors/track: 63 Maximum file sizes - + fs block size - 2.2.7-stable - - 3.0-current - works should work @@ -2075,10 +2071,6 @@ sectors/track: 63 4T-1 - 4T-1 - - 4T-1 - >4T @@ -2087,10 +2079,6 @@ sectors/track: 63>32G - 8T-1 - - >32G - 32T-1 @@ -2099,10 +2087,6 @@ sectors/track: 63>128G - 16T-1 - - >128G - 32T-1 @@ -2111,10 +2095,6 @@ sectors/track: 63>512G - 32T-1 - - >512G - 64T-1 @@ -2123,10 +2103,6 @@ sectors/track: 63>2048G - 64T-1 - - >2048G - 128T-1 @@ -2143,14 +2119,10 @@ sectors/track: 63 size is 4K.For block sizes of 8K and larger, everything should be - limited by the 2G-1 limit on fs block numbers, but is actually - limited by the 1G-1 limit on fs block numbers, except under - -STABLE triple indirect blocks are unreachable, so the limit is - the maximum fs block number that can be represented using - double indirect blocks (approx. (blocksize/4)^2 + - (blocksize/4)), and under -CURRENT exceeding this limit may - cause problems. Using the correct limit of 2G-1 blocks does - cause problems. + limited by the 2G-1 limit on fs block numbers, but is + actually limited by the 1G-1 limit on fs block numbers. + Using the correct limit of 2G-1 blocks does cause + problems. @@ -2163,12 +2135,14 @@ sectors/track: 63 - You can boot by specifying the kernel directly at the second - stage, pressing any key when the | shows up before loader is - started. More specifically, you have upgraded the source for - your kernel, and installed a new kernel builtin from them - without making world. This is not - supported. Make world. + Because your world and kernel are out of synch. This + is not supported. Be sure you use make + buildworld and make + buildkernel to update your kernel. + + You can boot by specifying the kernel directly at the + second stage, pressing any key when the | shows up before + loader is started.