From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Sep 12 12:44:14 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from sand5.global.net.uk (sand5.mail.gxn.net [194.126.80.249]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D94414FEF for ; Sun, 12 Sep 1999 12:43:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mark@globalnet.co.uk) Received: from pees01a02.client.global.net.uk ([195.147.145.239] helo=marder-1.) by sand5.global.net.uk with esmtp (Exim 2.05 #1) id 11QFXP-00016z-00; Sun, 12 Sep 1999 20:43:47 +0100 Received: (from mark@localhost) by marder-1. (8.9.2/8.8.8) id UAA00734; Sun, 12 Sep 1999 20:35:30 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mark) Date: Sun, 12 Sep 1999 20:35:30 +0100 From: Mark Ovens To: Ryan Turner Cc: "Charles A. Peters" , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Maximum Hard Disk Size / Maximum Partition Size for FreeBSD 3.2-Release Message-ID: <19990912203530.B668@marder-1> References: <003601befd4f$ad86f820$ca730418@stealth.xxx> <3.0.6.32.19990912150241.007b99b0@mail.vt.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.3i 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 Organization: Total lack of Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 > > > > > > > > > >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 -- STATE-OF-THE-ART: Any computer you can't afford. OBSOLETE: Any computer you own. ________________________________________________________________ FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/ mailto:mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message