Myrealbox wrote: > Installing Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 For Intel x86 - Chapter 6 - > Partitioning for Debian > > "Based on limitations in how ext2 works, avoid any single partition > greater than 6GB or so. " > http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch-partitioning.en.html > > I'm really confused about this. I've been running a 37GB ext2 > partition without any problems, but I want to be safe when I'm doing > this. When I asked around, i couldn't find anyone else who knew about > this limitation. > > > I hope you can help clarify this.. > Cheers, > Sy
I guess that is because of _very_ long fsck-times when your partition gets not correctly unmounted, with 6 Gigs the time is acceptable, with more you should use another filesystem like ext3, xfs, jfs or reiserfs. markus -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
