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| 24352 | 2001-11-13 04:13:00 | I am about to install Linux (Mandrake 8.1) on a second (20gb)hard drive in my PC. I have decided partition the drive as follows: /boot ~ 20 mb /swap ~ 300 mb (I have 384 mb RAM) / ~ 300 mb /var ~ 150 mb /usr ~ 65% of remaining space /home ~ 35 % of remaining space. For everything but the swap partition I am wanting to use the ReiserFS filesystem. However the information I have (possibly old - from linuxdoc.org) suggests that you have to use ext2fs for /boot. Anyone able to verify this? Any comments at all concerning partitioning and filesystems would be hugely appreciated. Thanks. |
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| 24353 | 2001-11-13 04:39:00 | You will use /boot so little ... loading the 700-800kB kernel at boot time ... it won't matter. What do the Mandrake release notes recommend? I have seen figures indicating that reiser is pretty fast, and the journalling is nice, but it is new. I'd stick to ext2 for /boot, as it will have no effect on your boot speed, and all the LILO and other booting things have been developed with ext2. With 384MB of ram, you won't be using a lot of swap, but I suppose with 20GB, you can spare it. By the third time you install, you will have a feel for this. | Guest (0) | ||
| 24354 | 2001-11-13 05:08:00 | Thanks for your reply. The Mandrake notes are unfortunately way too brief. Though they discuss the various filesystems on offer they make no association with the systems and partitioning (on installation or at any other time). Hence I searched the internet... | Guest (0) | ||
| 24355 | 2001-11-13 21:26:00 | Unless you are setting up a server, or have some other particular requirements, I'd go for a much simpler setup. SWAP = RAM Root (/) = 3 to 5 Gb /home = rest or drive. If you need to reinstall (or try Debian) you can leave /home (all your data and copies of your config files) untouched. Just check 8.1 can handle /root & /boot being ReiserFS - pretty sure latest version is fine. |
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| 24356 | 2001-11-14 03:56:00 | I suggested ext2 for /boot, because I am conservative ... reiser is new, ext3 is still bleeding edge, , booting happens once per system boot, and does not need journalling, but needs to cooperate with the boot mechanism. LILO 'understands' ext2, and it takes a while to find and fix all problems with a new file system. I am sure that 'all the known bugs have been fixed'. However... I have just twigged why RedHat7.1 wanted a separate /boot partition when I installed it. LILO had problems with the kernel's physical position on the disk being at cylinder > 1023. I believe that has been fixed in LILO, but they are making sure by making a separate partition for it at the start of the disk as well. It has not been a problem for me because I have no disks big enough to cause the problem. It's probabaly a good idea to make the /boot partition because you can't easily force the position of a new kernel when you recompile. I get around it by keeping the kernel in the DOS partition, and starting with loadlin after booting DOS. That's because of a funny Compaq Deskpro box. |
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