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- From: drew@ladymacb.cs.colorado.edu (Drew Eckhardt)
- Subject: Re: linux and > 64meg partitions?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov9.065736.16946@colorado.edu>
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- Organization: University of Colorado at Boulder
- References: <3uJyTB6w165w@student.business.uwo.ca>
- Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 06:57:36 GMT
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- In article <3uJyTB6w165w@student.business.uwo.ca> mark@student.business.uwo.ca (Mark Bramwell CS STAFF) writes:
- >I have been using 386bsd at work (very stable) and want to install something
- >at home. I have a 200meg scsi drive at home. I would like to setup
- >a 160meg partition. Can linux handle large partitions yet?
-
- No problem.
-
- >I know there is/was an EFS, but 2 months ago, people were complaining it
- >was unstable.
-
- Linux evolves very rapidly. Bugs are fixed as soon as they're discovered,
- often with new kernel releases following within days.
-
- >Also, I have TCPIP running at home with a few other machines, so I would
- >want ftp/telnet and nfs.
-
- Test versions of Linux TCPIP code, and NFS are available. Personal
- experience with TCP/IP shows that it's fairly stable if you've
- compiled the clients with a "recent" GCC/libs, NFS is allegedly
- stable.
-
-
- --
- Microsoft is responsible for propogating the evils it calls DOS and Windows,
- IBM for AIX (appropriately called Aches by those having to administer it), but
- marketing's sins don't come close to those of legal departments.
- Boycott AT&T for their absurd anti-BSDI lawsuit.
-