On Tue, 8 Jan 2002 15:33,Mike Andrew scribed:

> Yep, I second that, 4 gig is around my limit per Linux distro, and I keep a
> common scsi 3gig drive for umm errr archives and downloads and things. I
> was reading somewhere that 8gig is an 'optimimum' for the linux ext2fs . It
> wasn't based on the (now mercifully obsolete) 8 gig bios limit, but
> something to do with bitlengths used for ext2fs lba, or file node hashing,
> or, well, something.

I have a 15gig partition!! but that is not for an OS its for video.




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Keith Antoine aka 'skippy'
18 Arkana St, The Gap, Queensland 4061 Australia PH:61733002161
Retired Geriatric, Sometime Electronics Engineer, Knowall, Brain in storage

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