On Thu, Nov 28, 2002 at 02:50:19PM +0000, Colin Watson wrote: > On Thu, Nov 28, 2002 at 10:16:11AM +0000, Chris Lale wrote: > > Colin Watson wrote: > > >On Wed, Nov 27, 2002 at 04:10:00PM +0000, Chris Lale wrote: > > >>I read in the Debian installation manual (v.3.0.24, 24th May 2002 > > >>section 6.4) that partitions greater than about 6Gb should be avoided. > > >>Does anyone know if this true? If so, why? > > > > > >They're a bit of a pain with ext2 because they'll take geological time > > >to fsck if the system ever shuts down uncleanly. With a journalling > > >filesystem there should be no problem. > > > > One of my partitions is 8Gb and I have noticed exactly this behaviour. > > It also takes aeons to mount during boot. Do you think I should convert > > all my partions to ext3, or just the 8Gb one? > > My experiences with ext3 have been uniformly good, so I tend to convert > even small partitions to it. However, others may have had different > experiences.
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 -- *----------------------------------------------------------------* | Chris Tillman [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | To HAVE, GIVE all TO all (ACIM) | *----------------------------------------------------------------* -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]