Re: [gentoo-user] OT: System redesign

[MAL]

The Plan:

Disks:
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Quantum 8GB
IBM     42GB (previous root, probably dead - not gonna use)
WD1     120GB
WD2     120GB
CD-RW
DVD-ROM
Connections:
------------
CD-RW   IDE1 Master (hda)
DVD-ROM IDE1 Slave  (hdb)
Quantum IDE2 Master (hdc)
WD1     IDE3 Master (hde) \_ promise controller
WD2     IDE4 Master (hdg) /
Partitions:
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hdc:
        8GB - NTFS (0x07)
hde:
        64MB - Linux (0x83)
        8GB - NTFS (0x07)
        1GB - Linux Swap (0x82)
        Remainder - Linux RAID autodetect (0xfd)
hdg:
        64MB - Linux (0x83)
        8GB - NTFS (0x07)
        1GB - Linux Swap (0x82)
        Remainder - Linux RAID autodetect (0xfd)
Windows:
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hdc1:
        c:\ - 8GB
hde2 & hdg2:
        d:\ (software RAID0) - 16GB (fast for games)
Linux:
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hde1:
        ext2 - /boot1
hdg1:
        ext2 - /boot2 (not really needed)
hde3 & hdg3:
        striped swap
hde4 & hdg4:
        RAID0, chunk-size 32
                LVM
                        /               - ext3
                        /usr            - ext3
                        /usr/portage    - ext2
                        /var            - ext3
                        /home           - ext3
                        /mnt/storage    - ext3
This will require an initrd for both RAID and LVM, but i'm prepared to 
maintain that.

I'm only using Ext2/3, as XFS just won't mix with the kernels I want to 
use, and ReiserFS isn't really appropriate in this setup is it?  Can 
anyone see where JFS would be a better choice than Ext3?

EVMS2/LVM2 seem too hard to maintain in a 2.4 series with Win4Lin and 
others present.

Any other suggestions are welcome,
Cheers,
MAL
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