Hello, I would like to install Debian 2.0 on a 3 Gig partition which I do not want to split further. 1. Are the problems of possible filesystem corruption realistic? 2. Are there any performance losses with ext2fs on a 3 gig partition? 3. For a single user workstation, hooked to the internet via cable modem (and with telnet and ftp servers enabled) would a single 3 gig partition be ok, or would it be wiser to split it up? 4. Hardware-wise, are larger partitions worse on the drive than multiple small ones? Or is the drive indifferent?
I have a single 8.4 Gig drive and I planned on having: 100 MB Linux root 2.9 Gig Linux /usr 100 MB Linux swap 3.0 Gig NT (unfortunately) 2 Gig FAT32 /home (common for Linux and NT) But CFDISK would not let me parition it like this so I had to incorporate Linux into one massive 3 Gig partition. I'd appreciate hearing from anyone who has had horrible experiences with filesystem corruption (hope not to hear from anyone, I guess). Thanks for any help, and if this has been discussed elsewhere please point me to a FAQ and I'll shut up. Thanks again for your advise, Nebu