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- From: Jeff-Randall@uiuc.edu (Jeff Randall)
- Subject: Re: Linux partition > 64 mb?
- Message-ID: <C1HAsF.4Ko@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
- X-Aka: Upholder
- Sender: randall@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Jeff Randall)
- Reply-To: Jeff-Randall@uiuc.edu (Jeff Randall)
- Organization: The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)
- References: <1993Jan25.025200.13932@mailer.cc.fsu.edu> <1k3d2jINNrm1@frost.uni-paderborn.de>
- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 20:40:48 GMT
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- hosp@frost.uni-paderborn.de (Holger Spangardt) writes:
- >chchen@stat (Ching-Hsiang Chen) writes:
-
- >>Anyone has created a Linux partition larger than 64 mb? I used MCC-interim
- >>disks and the fdisk on the boot disk and it didn't allow me to have
- >>a partition larger than 64mb. Maybe this is because the old kernel and
- >>old fdisk program. Any idea?
-
- >Try efdisk instead of fdisk the extended-file-system allows extended-file-name
- >and partition up to ... you'll never need for the next 5 years (about 4GB??)
-
-
- Just to nip what seems to be a common misconception in the bud, please
- remember that 'extended partition' does *NOT* equal 'extended filesystem'
-
- partitons numbered 5-8 are extended partitions... but they need not be
- extended filesystems... and primary partitions can be extended filesystems.
-
- please note the important difference in the terms.
-
-
- BTW, the extfs can be even bigger that stated above.. 4 TERAbytes as opposed
- to 4 gig... and if anyone gets a 4TB drive in the next 5 years,
- I'll be impressed.. =)
- --
- Jeff-Randall@uiuc.edu (ASCII mail) THIS IS _NOT_ CCSO'S OPINION!!!
- jar42733@sumter.cso.uiuc.edu (NeXT mail) If It were, It would've had a
- wi.6580@n7kbt.rain.com (anon) more important name on it. =)
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