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Old 04-04-2003, 05:43 AM   #1
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max disk space for a linux partition

How much disk space can manage a linux partition? Is there any limit? Can I make a 100Gb partition for example?

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Old 04-04-2003, 08:48 AM   #2
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Sure, Linux can handle that. and much more as I believe it can handle up to 2 Terabytes for a partition.
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Old 04-04-2003, 09:24 AM   #3
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thanks!
 
Old 04-04-2003, 09:28 AM   #4
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Old 04-04-2003, 04:50 PM   #5
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why the frown???
 
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He doesn't have a 2 Terabyte HDD? ;)

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