RE: Maximum (efficient) partition sizes for various filesystem ty

Hmm it looks like that Debians want's to avoid user impatience during
excessive e2fsck job at startup. But technically, one can hardly expect
problems - if there were any, they surely appeared already in this list :) 

Compared to *some* other OSes, linux makes fs checking after certain number
of rw mounts. When thinks like that happen, some less enlightened users tend
to be "derailed", because they don't expect that. :)

Regards,
Petr

> -----Původní zpráva-----
> Od:	Joel Beach [SMTP:[e-mail]]
> Odesláno:	19. listopadu 2001 11:23
> Komu:	[e-mail]
> Předmět:	Re: Maximum (efficient) partition sizes for various
> filesystem types...
> 
> 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."
> 
> Joel
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Alan Cox" <[e-mail]>
> To: "Joel Beach" <[e-mail]>
> Cc: <[e-mail]>
> Sent: Monday, November 19, 2001 8:58 PM
> Subject: Re: Maximum (efficient) partition sizes for various filesystem
> types...
> 
> 
> > > For instance, the Debian guide says that, due to Ext2 efficiency,
> partitions
> > > greater than 6-7GB shouldn't be created. Is this true for
> Ext3/ReiserFS.
> >
> > I've run several 45-200Gb ext2 and ext3 partitions with no problem. I'm
> not
> > sure what the origin of the Debian guide comemnt is but I've never heard
> > it from an ext2 developer
> >
> > Obviously pick a journalled fs for big partitions 8)
> 
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