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Re: maximum partition size



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On 03/09/08 17:38, hce wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> What is the maximum partition size for an external HDD? I tried to use

The location of the drive is irrelevant.

> one partition for a 250 G external HDD for a backup, the partition was

Bigger than 250GB, that's for sure!  (I've got a 300GB Firewire
drive formatted as ext3.)

> ok, but then the format process was stuck which caused my debian box
> freeze. I cannot even turn my debian box off.

If you are on a network, see if you can ssh in from another box.

What does /var/log/syslog say?

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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA  USA

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by the kni-ife."
Stewie Griffin & Eliza Pinchley
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