Hi there.

 > Q> /dev/hda5           219      379  1293200   83  Linux native
 > Q> /dev/hda6           380      623  1959898   83  Linux native

 > Note that the reason for splitting /dev/hda5 and /dev/hda6 into
 > two partitions was to avoid problems connected with the 2G limit

 > Which 2 GB limit??

On 32-bit architectures such as ix86 (the one in question), Linux has
problems with files larger than 2G in size, and there have also been
claims that some of the utilities used with Linux can and will mangle
partitions over 2G in size on 32-bit architectures.

Best wishes from Riley.

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 * ftp://ftp.MemAlpha.cx/pub/rhw/Linux
 * http://www.MemAlpha.cx/kernel.versions.html


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