On Fri, February 3, 2006 10:24 am, Nick Rout wrote: > > On Fri, 03 Feb 2006 09:41:04 +1300 > Volker Kuhlmann wrote: > >> > hda1 32M /boot >> >> Why do people bother with this nonsense? > > Because on a 300G hard drive and an old bios, i wanted to ensure that the > kernel is somewhere where the bios can find it. Once the kernel is loaded > it will read the whole drive. There are also some booting issues if you want to use reiserfs. Given that you'll be throwing loads of big files around, I'd get the system off to a separate partition for sure. One way to stuff your system for sure is to fill the root filesystem. I wouldn't bother with /boot, but *would* use a separate / partition with ext2/3. > >> >> > Before I start filling it up, is there a better way to format it? >> >> Yes, reiserfs ;) >> > > Any quick pointers on why you say that (and are you suggesting 3 or 4?) > > >> Volker >> >> -- >> Volker Kuhlmann is possibly list0570 with the domain in >> header >> http://volker.dnsalias.net/ Please do not CC list postings to me. > > -- > Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Given the content ( size and number of files expected ), I'd stick with ext2/3. As Chris says, xfs was designed for this, but having had one fail disastrously in the past ( 3 years ago, so probably totally irrelevant any more ), I'd stick with the simple stuff for this solution, cut down on the space allocated for bad blocks, and lower the number offile descriptors / mb as well.
Steve ( Let's see if this ne gets published! ). -- Work like you don't need the money, Love like your heart has never been broken and Dance like no one can see you.
