[openbeosstorage] Re: Facing the End ;-)
- From: "Axel Dörfler" <axeld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: openbeosstorage@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2003 21:41:56 +0100 CET
"Ingo Weinhold" <bonefish@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > <lurk mode=3D3D"off">
> > Almost all filesystems have a minimum possible size indepedent of
> > the
> > data =3D
> > they contain as well. You would also need this information if you
> > wanted=3D
> > to know if you had enough room to create a new partition. For
> > example, =3D
> > if you wanted to make a new FAT32 partition you would need to have
> > enough=3D
> > room for the file allocation table. (+ other data)
> > </lurk>
> I see. Although, currently partitioning and initializing a partition
> with a FS are two independent steps. So, creating a small partition
> will work, although intialization may fail in the second step.
Which is perfectly okay in my opinion - this is only important for
resizing.
Adios...
Axel.
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