Quoting Andrew Graupe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I will be setting up a new linux system in the near future, and I am > deciding what FS to use. I will probably use a 50MB /boot partition, a > 256MB swap and the rest will be given to the root partition. I plan to > format the /boot partition as ext2, as I don't need journaling for it. > I have heard good things about ReiserFS, but I have never used it. On > my other linux systems, I use ext3 for the / partition.
I would also say that it would be a good idea to have a seperate home partition. I usually make it quite large. On my system IIRC I have 1GB swap, 10GB /, and the rest of my drive is the /home partition. The reason for this is because it is nice to be able to re-install your system and keep all the files and settings in your home directory. I find that I will probably not use more than 10GB for my / partition in the near future, and if it starts to fill up I can put large pieces of software like OOo and Garnome in my home directory. It's also nice if you have lots of large multimedia files that would be a paid to backup on cd. > Which filesystem, in your opinion, is better? The hard drive in > question will either be 80GB or 120GB. AFAIK they are both good filesystems, and as Shawn pointed out, it really depends on what you will be using the system for. That being said, I always use ext3 just because more software packages support it. Say for example you needed to fix your system with an old rescue disk that doesn't support reiser. No problem because even if it doesn't support ext3, you can always mount the volume as ext2. Jesse _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca
