A/UX 3.1: Maximum UFS Partition Size (4/94)


I understand that A/UX 3.1 would support UFS partitions up to 4 GB. Is it true or is it still 2 GB as the limitation for an UFS partition?

The latest version of A/UX 3.1 (the version used on the Workgroup Server 95) can support up to a 4 GB Unix UFS file system. However, the HFS limit for an AppleShare Pro volume is still limited to 2 GB.

NOTE (from the A/UX 3.1 ReadMe file):
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Limit on File System Check Command
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When the Apple Workgroup Server 95 starts up, the fsck command is run from the A/UX Startup application. It CANNOT check a file system larger than 2 GB. Therefore, limit the size of your root file system to 2,097,151 KB so that the root file system can be checked at system startup. Once A/UX is running, the fsck command can check file systems as larger than 4 GB.

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Published Date: Feb 19, 2012