Re: Partition size
On Sat, Nov 30, 2002 at 11:15:48AM +0000, Chris Lale wrote:
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> Chris Tillman wrote:
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> > I have had no problems with ext3 either, nor have I heard of anyone
> > having problems, nor is there any bugs open in e2fsprogs. Should we
> > just flatly recommend ext3 in the manual? Or maybe something like
> >
> > Index: partitioning.sgml
> > ===================================================================
> > RCS file:
> > /cvs/debian-boot/boot-floppies/documentation/en/partitioning.sgml,v
> > retrieving revision 1.59 diff -u -r1.59 partitioning.sgml ---
> > partitioning.sgml 19 Aug 2002 15:06:54 -0000 1.59 +++
> > partitioning.sgml 28 Nov 2002 17:51:12 -0000 @@ -251,9 +251,9 @@ <p>
> > For new users, personal Debian boxes, home systems, and other
> > single-user setups, a single <file>/</file> 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. +probably the easiest, simplest way to go. But for
> > any single partition +greater than 6GB or so, choose the ext3 type
> > filesystem (which also +works fine for smaller partitions, but is a
> > more recent development). <p> For multi-user systems, it's best to
> > put <file>/usr</file>, <file>/var</file>, <file>/tmp</file>, and
> > <file>/home</file> each on
> >
> Yes. I think this approach would be better while dbootstrap/cfdisk
> installation formats with ext2 by default. Do you need to mention mixing
> ext2 and ext3 on the same disc?
Is there some problem with that? I wouldn't think so.
> Why don't all fresh installations use ext3 by default? Is this beacause
> of the way cfdisk is configured?
The default kernel was required to be 2.2 in the installer, which IIRC
can't take advantage of ext3.
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