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Article #71754Re: 1.0GB disk partition layout - advice?
From: Rajesh Varia
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 1995 00:00
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 1995 00:00
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In article <489urc$fva@sun4.bham.ac.uk> m.s.j.taylor@bham.ac.uk "Tay" writes: > Henry Law <hjl@thelaws.demon.co.uk> wrote: > > [snip]... > > > >I have no idea how the partition(s) will be set up when it arrives but I > >do know enough about FAT and VFAT to know that a single 1GB partition is > >not a good idea! I thought in terms of two or three partitions of > >around 200-300 MB for the time being, with the rest of the space "in > >store" for later, but I'd appreciate advice. > > > ..[snip] > > Why isn't a single 1GB partition a good idea? > > Cheers, > Tay > Three main reasons - Lost space due to cluster size (see eariler posting, or read a FAQ - Easier to manage smaller partition (when you have several gig you will know what I mean) - Security. Should you lose one FAT then you do not lose all the data -- Rajesh Varia raj@c4rv.demon.co.uk
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1036bc,94ecd651392e7687 X-Google-Attributes: gid1036bc,public From: Rajesh Varia <raj@c4rv.demon.co.uk> Subject: Re: 1.0GB disk partition layout - advice? Date: 1995/11/14 Message-ID: <816359568snz@c4rv.demon.co.uk> X-Deja-AN: 119372973 x-nntp-posting-host: c4rv.demon.co.uk references: <816193826snz@thelaws.demon.co.uk> <489urc$fva@sun4.bham.ac.uk> organization: home reply-to: raj@c4rv.demon.co.uk newsgroups: demon.tech.pc