Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 19 Nov 2001 18:57:21 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 19 Nov 2001 18:57:13 -0500 Received: from adsl-63-194-239-202.dsl.lsan03.pacbell.net ([63.194.239.202]:15605 "EHLO mmp-linux.matchmail.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 19 Nov 2001 18:57:00 -0500 Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2001 15:56:54 -0800 From: Mike Fedyk To: Joel Beach Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Maximum (efficient) partition sizes for various filesystem types... Message-ID: <20011119155654.C11351@mikef-linux.matchmail.com> Mail-Followup-To: Joel Beach , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <001401c170e4$1d890d20$1e50a8c0@kinslayer> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <001401c170e4$1d890d20$1e50a8c0@kinslayer> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.23i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Nov 19, 2001 at 09:22:38PM +1100, Joel Beach wrote: > I think I'll fix up that bit in the Debian manual myself then if they let > me.... > > For what it's worth, here's the paragraph from the "Woody" installation > manual: > > "For new users, personal Debian boxes, home systems, and other single-user > setups, a single / partition (plus swap) is probably the easiest, simplest > way to go. It is possible to have problems with this idea, though, with > larger (20GB) disks. Based on limitations in how ext2 works, avoid any > single partition greater than 6GB or so." > No. They mean limitations of relatively old IDE hardware... - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/