On Tue, Oct 19, 2004 at 06:37:10PM +0200, Sergio Andreozzi wrote: > 2. this value causes problems to applications that represent integer on > 4 bytes. If they use a signed int4 (worst case), the max value is > 2G*Kbyte=2Terabytes. I'm promoting the change of the unit of measure to Start uppdating applications too then, since representing storage space with only 4 bytes went of ot fashion about 5 years ago or so. -- Ake Sandgren, HPC2N, Umea University, S-90187 Umea, Sweden Internet: [log in to unmask] Phone: +46 90 7866134 Fax: +46 90 7866126 Mobile: +46 70 7716134 WWW: http://www.hpc2n.umu.se