Re: Partitioning hard drive

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From: Martin Taylor
Date: Fri, 04 Dec 1998 00:00

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Rod Speed wrote:
 
> > I agree with making smaller partitions/drives. First 'initialize' after
> > boot take a long time when yo have the drive full.Let's say a minute,
> 
> Dont get that with 5-6GB partitions.

Me neither.
> 
> > with a p300,128 mem.
> 
> That isnt particularly relevant.
> 
> > Those that haven't experienced this just haven't d/l enough programs.
> 
> Cant say that about my main system.

Me neither.
> 
> > I run one 5 gig for storage, but limit all others to 3g or less.
> 
> Dont believe that's warranted.

Me neither.

I find that large FAT32 partitions are more "efficient" than the smaller
FAT16 ones. I have yet to experience any errors with my current system,
and it takes around 40 secs to start from cold, which includes loading
the fonts my wife uses with Pagemaker.

Martin

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Subject: Re: Partitioning hard drive
Date: 1998/12/04
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