Limiting Time Machine Space on Time Capsule in Lion

Hello,
I'm about to receive an 11" MacBook Air and 2TB Time Capsule. I want to use Time Machine to backup my data to the Time Capsule, but I want to limit the space Time Machine can use to 768GB. Is there a supported way to do this in Lion?
If not, has anyone tested hacking this with Lion? e.g. http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20071108020121567
Thanks,
Will

Did you simply upgrade, or do something like erase and reinstall, or install Lion on a different drive or partition? If so, what, exacty?
Did you eject the drive before turning it off? If not, that may have damaged the backups. In any event, try to Repair them, per #A5 in Time Machine - Troubleshooting.

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So I've searched through numerous threads and can't seem to find a good answer for this. I'm fairly new to Mac BTW, with a late 2012 MBA running 10.8.3. I want to limit the space on my Time Capsule for the Time Machine to use. I've already tried this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nq7mSizqUSI
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTaNMkmQUEk
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Toffey wrote:
would I be able to store photos and files on the Time Capsule that I do not wish to store on a MacBook Air and be able to retrieve them as and when - or would these be deleted after a period of time? Is there any way of protecting certain files on the Time capsule to prevent them from being deleted?
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