Hi, ext3 can support upto a max of 2^^31-1 blocks which translates to ~16TB. I would recommend a separate partition of 100MB for /boot as a best practice. Regards, Kumaresh --- On Sat, 23/5/09, Mohd Irwan Jamaluddin <mij@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: From: Mohd Irwan Jamaluddin <mij@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: size limit for root partion To: "General Red Hat Linux discussion list" <redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Saturday, 23 May, 2009, 10:27 PM On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 11:52 PM, Tech W. <techwww@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hello, > > does linux (my kernel 2.6.24) has size limit for root(/) partion? I don't think so but having a 50GB for / is more than enough. > I have a 160G sata disk, want to do partions as: > > / ext3 50G > swap 2G > /data reiserfs (the left) > > > Is this suitable? > Thanks. > I recommend you to follow this guidelines, http://www.tldp.org/LDP/sag/html/alloc-disk.html http://www.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5/html/Installation_Guide/s2-diskpartrecommend-x86.html -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list Explore and discover exciting holidays and getaways with Yahoo! India Travel http://in.travel.yahoo.com/ -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subjecthttps://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
