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#1 2011-02-14 20:28:39
- nTia89
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[solved] partition scheme
hi to all
i'm formatting the system and i'm deciding what file system to use, i've already read many posts but all are out-to-date, so i'm here...
-BOOT in ext4
-ROOT in ext4
-VAR in reiserfs
-HOME in ext4
i have two doubt
1- in right to use ext4 over the /boot ???
2- is still the best choice use reiserfs instead another ext4 in /var ???
thanks
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#2 2011-02-14 20:44:43
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Re: [solved] partition scheme
What is the reason that you think that those posts are out-dated?
AFAIK, no new releases have come out for filesystems after ext4.
1) ext4 should be fine for boot since grub has been patched and grub2 has support for ext4.
2) Read up on why you need a particular filesystem in a particular partition depending on what type of files are stored in it.
And you don't need separate boot and root if you are going to install the same filesystem on it and if you are only going to use one linux distro. If you plan on using multiple distros, but use the same boot, then having a separate boot makes sense.
Don't just follow advice blindly.
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#3 2011-02-14 21:59:36
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Re: [solved] partition scheme
my first question was born because in more or less all the wiki (also outside arch) refer /boot with ext2 but nobody explain why....
the second question because in these latest version of kernel .34 .35 .36 .37 filesystems' sector have had many and many retouching, so a ''generic'' FS like EXT4 may have become faster than the REISERFS the specific FS for handle little file (for example the /var content.....)
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#4 2011-02-14 22:29:41
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Re: [solved] partition scheme
my first question was born because in more or less all the wiki (also outside arch) refer /boot with ext2 but nobody explain why....
Many years ago, GRUB only had built in support for ext2. Things are different now
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#5 2011-02-15 00:26:42
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Re: [solved] partition scheme
If you search the forums again, you'll likely find many posts that are not out of date. What you will find, however, is that they're all closed due to the subjective nature of the question, which leads to 15x10^999 different answers. Only you can decide how best to partition your drives. As for the change in sector alignment, I think this is due to the eventual change in all HDDs from the 512 byte to 4 kilobyte sector size. It doesn't necessarily mean a change for the filesystem. Ext2 is typically recommended for /boot because it's rarely written to and mounted late, and therefore doesn't need Ext3 or Ext4 journaling, which will only waste space. If something in a wiki seems questionable, it's a good idea to follow up on it with Google (many wikis, for example--and some folks on various forums--will still suggest that you create a swap partition that's twice the size of you system ram. If you have a newer machine, ask yourself: do you need x gigs of swap space?). And as Inxsible pointed out: these days, unless you're using the same /boot partition for multiple distros, it really needn't be separate at all.
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#6 2011-02-15 08:37:19
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Re: [solved] partition scheme
ok, and for reiserfs second question: is still the best choice for /var or ext4 have fill the gap ?
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#7 2011-02-15 17:49:02
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yes. as I mentioned previously about researching why a particular filesystem is useful for different files. reiserfs is suited for large number of files which are small in size. /var contains exactly those types of files, which is why reiserfs is still best suited for it.
Having said that, ext4 will also work in /var, but you will get better performance by using reiserfs. Please research things before asking questions. Don't be a help vampire.
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#8 2011-02-16 07:33:30
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Re: [solved] partition scheme
.............. ext4 will also work in /var, but you will get better performance by using reiserfs..............
this is what i need !
thanks to everybody
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