Re: Maximum (efficient) partition sizes for various filesystem types...

[Mike Fedyk]

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...