Re: Large File support and blocks.

From: Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Date: Mon Sep 04 2000 - 19:51:37 EST

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> Ugh... yes, but not with an 80386, i486, Pentium, Pentium-MMX,
> 5x86, Crusoe, WinChip, K6, K6-2, or 6x86. Also not with XT disks
> or anything off the EISA, VLB, and MCA busses.

Lots of people are building terabyte sized arrays on K6 type boxes. A PII
or Athlon is just overkill for the job

Alan

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