Tables exceeding 2gb

[Guðmundur Ólafsson]

Hi,

I have a Linux machine (Linux cartman 2.4.2-2smp #1 SMP Sun Apr 8 20:21:34 EDT 2001 
i686 unknown) that is running MySQL 3.23.38-log and now I have a table that is getting 
VERY near to the ext2 filesystem limitation of 2gb. Exact size of the table is: 
2039867196 :) So my question is. What happens? Does mysql write into another file and 
automatically merge them on the fly or does the table stop or what? Also what 
suggestions do you have concerning this matter?

regards,
Gudmundur