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Then, once +you're familiar with the ins and outs of disks and filesystems, you'll be +guided through the process of setting up partitions and filesystems for your +Gentoo Linux installation. </p> <p> @@ -33,9 +33,9 @@ <p> The block devices above represent an abstract interface to the disk. User -programs can use these block devices to interact with your disk without worrying -about whether your drives are IDE, SCSI or something else. The program can -simply address the storage on the disk as a bunch of contiguous, +programs can use these block devices to interact with your disk without +worrying about whether your drives are IDE, SCSI or something else. The program +can simply address the storage on the disk as a bunch of contiguous, randomly-accessible 512-byte blocks. </p> @@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ <p> Although it is theoretically possible to use a full disk to house your Linux system, this is almost never done in practice. Instead, full disk block devices -are split up in smaller, more manageable block devices. On most systems, -these are called <e>partitions</e>. Other architectures use a similar technique, +are split up in smaller, more manageable block devices. On most systems, these +are called <e>partitions</e>. Other architectures use a similar technique, called <e>slices</e>. </p> @@ -66,15 +66,14 @@ The number of partitions is highly dependent on your environment. For instance, if you have lots of users, you will most likely want to have your <path>/home</path> separate as it increases security and makes backups easier. -If you are installing Gentoo to perform as a mailserver, your -<path>/var</path> should be separate as all mails are stored inside -<path>/var</path>. A good choice of filesystem will then maximise your -performance. Gameservers will have a separate <path>/opt</path> as most gaming -servers are installed there. The reason is similar for <path>/home</path>: -security and backups. You will definitely want to keep <path>/usr</path> big: -not only will it contain the majority of applications, the Portage tree alone -takes around 500 Mbyte excluding the various sources that are stored in it. - +If you are installing Gentoo to perform as a mailserver, your <path>/var</path> +should be separate as all mails are stored inside <path>/var</path>. A good +choice of filesystem will then maximise your performance. Gameservers will have +a separate <path>/opt</path> as most gaming servers are installed there. The +reason is similar for <path>/home</path>: security and backups. You will +definitely want to keep <path>/usr</path> big: not only will it contain the +majority of applications, the Portage tree alone takes around 500 Mbyte +excluding the various sources that are stored in it. </p> <p> @@ -102,10 +101,10 @@ </ul> <p> -However, multiple partitions have one big disadvantage: if not configured -properly, you might result in having a system with lots -of free space on one partition and none on another. There is also a 15-partition -limit for SCSI and SATA. +However, multiple partitions have one big disadvantage: if not configured +properly, you might result in having a system with lots of free space on one +partition and none on another. There is also a 15-partition limit for SCSI and +SATA. </p> </body> @@ -197,8 +196,8 @@ <body> <p> -Several filesystems are available. Ext2, ext3, XFS and reiserfs are found stable on -the HPPA architecture. The others are very experimental. +Several filesystems are available. Ext2, ext3, XFS and reiserfs are found +stable on the HPPA architecture. The others are very experimental. </p> <p> @@ -348,14 +347,15 @@ </pre> <note> -If you want your <path>/tmp</path> to reside on a separate partition, be sure to -change its permissions after mounting: <c>chmod 1777 /mnt/gentoo/tmp</c>. This -also holds for <path>/var/tmp</path>. +If you want your <path>/tmp</path> to reside on a separate partition, be sure +to change its permissions after mounting: <c>chmod 1777 /mnt/gentoo/tmp</c>. +This also holds for <path>/var/tmp</path>. </note> <p> -We will also have to mount the proc filesystem (a virtual interface with the -kernel) on <path>/proc</path>. But first we will need to place our files on the partitions. +We will also have to mount the proc filesystem (a virtual interface with the +kernel) on <path>/proc</path>. But first we will need to place our files on the +partitions. </p> <p> -- [email protected] mailing list
