From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Sep 12 12: 3:13 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from quackerjack.cc.vt.edu (quackerjack.cc.vt.edu [198.82.160.250]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0F37D14D58 for ; Sun, 12 Sep 1999 12:03:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ryturner@vt.edu) Received: from mailrelay.vt.edu (gkar.cc.vt.edu [128.173.16.40]) by quackerjack.cc.vt.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA26290; Sun, 12 Sep 1999 15:03:09 -0400 (EDT) Received: from alky.ntc.vt.edu (hd02346f1.ntc.off-campus.vt.edu) by gkar.cc.vt.edu (Sun Internet Mail Server sims.3.5.1999.05.24.18.28.p7) with SMTP id <0FHY001S2NKYY7@gkar.cc.vt.edu>; Sun, 12 Sep 1999 15:03:08 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 12 Sep 1999 15:02:41 -0400 From: Ryan Turner Subject: Re: Maximum Hard Disk Size / Maximum Partition Size for FreeBSD 3.2-Release In-reply-to: <003601befd4f$ad86f820$ca730418@stealth.xxx> X-Sender: ryturner@mail.vt.edu To: "Charles A. Peters" Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-id: <3.0.6.32.19990912150241.007b99b0@mail.vt.edu> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.6 (32) Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I am not sure what the maximum size is, but I have used 13 Gig EIDE partitions with 3.2-release. Ryan At 02:50 PM 9/12/99 -0400, you wrote: >I have purchased 2 10 Gig EIDE hard disk drives, and I plan to install >FreeBSD 3.2-Release on the drives. I will also be installing Samba on this >system. This system will be a Intel Celeron 400 MHz with 64 MB Ram. I will >also be installing the Apache fp1.3 server extensions, X, and various >networking apps. > >I am wondering how I should best partition this drive (/swap, /var, and /usr >partitions). This system will also be a dual hommed gateway to allow my >other computers internet access via a cable modem. > >What is the maximum partition size allowed by 3.2 Release. > >My ultimate goal is to make the samba partitions available for networked >applications for a series of visual fox 5.0 applications that I have >developed, and now currently run on Novell and Windows NT servers. > >Thanks in advance. > >Charles > > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message