On March 24, 2004 04:44 pm, Andrew Graupe wrote: > 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
I was a bit suprised by it, but I found that on a desktop, I needed a huge freaking swapfile. That may well be because I'm a bit of a moron when I first get the thing set up, and I emerge a zillion packages at the same time. Most of our servers here don't need a swap partition at all (thought they all have). > 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 If you have lots of small files (jpegs on a webserver, text docs, etc) than Reiser is lightning fast. If you have lots of files in a single directory (lots being say a hundred thousand plus) then again, you'll find reiser is a better choice. If you're just doing a normal install, then you'll find them about equal with Reiser having a coolness factor, and EXT3 being more common. I will say, I think it's a mistake to just use EXT2 on your boot partition. I understand why you don't feel that you need the journaling, heck, my boot partitions aren't even mounted by default, but at the same time, why give it up? You won't notice any difference performance wise, but you will give up that little extra bit of security, just in case... Actually, you might give up a bit of performance, because if you need to check the FS after a crash at the wrong time, it will take MUCH longer on EXT2 than on EXT3. > my other linux systems, I use ext3 for the / partition. At least split out /home. I know you can do it after, but it's a pain, so do it now... Your drive is easily big enough, so just give lots of space to it as appropriate. Kev. _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca
