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Xref: sserve comp.os.linux:30969 comp.os.386bsd.questions:1004 Newsgroups: comp.os.linux,comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!convex!convex!darwin.sura.net!bogus.sura.net!howland.reston.ans.net!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!csus.edu!netcom.com!netcomsv!amscons!bob From: bob@amscons.com (Bob Amstadt) Subject: Re: 386bsd, linux: which runs more out of the box? References: <C4D87B.Au3@chinet.chi.il.us> Organization: Amstadt Consulting Group Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1993 14:38:40 GMT X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4 Message-ID: <1993Mar24.143840.1954@amscons.com> Lines: 15 randy@chinet.chi.il.us (Randy Suess) writes: : In article <hwr.732890376@snert.ka.sub.org> hwr@pilhuhn.ka.sub.org writes: : >There is another thing to consider: : >386bsd has a stable BSD-FFS and stable networking, while there are bugs in : >the Linux efs and in their networking. : : I was under the impression that linux also had something : funky about the maximum size of file system partitions. : Something like 40 megs? Or is that old hat? The Minix filesystem is limited to 64MB. All other filesystems have a much larger maximum size. -- Bob Amstadt bob@amscons.com