Date: Sun, 12 Sep 1999 20:35:30 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: Ryan Turner <ryturner@vt.edu> Cc: "Charles A. Peters" <cpeters2@home.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Maximum Hard Disk Size / Maximum Partition Size for FreeBSD 3.2-Release Message-ID: <19990912203530.B668@marder-1> In-Reply-To: <3.0.6.32.19990912150241.007b99b0@mail.vt.edu>; from Ryan Turner on Sun, Sep 12, 1999 at 03:02:41PM -0400 References: <003601befd4f$ad86f820$ca730418@stealth.xxx> <3.0.6.32.19990912150241.007b99b0@mail.vt.edu>
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On Sun, Sep 12, 1999 at 03:02:41PM -0400, Ryan Turner wrote:
> I am not sure what the maximum size is, but I have used 13 Gig EIDE
> partitions with 3.2-release.
>
See section 1 of the FAQ, "What are the limits for ffs filesystems?"
> 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
> >
> >
> >
> >
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