Re: Facing the End ;-)

"Ingo Weinhold" <bonefish-CFLBMwTPW48UNGrzBIF7/[email protected]> 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.