Partition scheme

Misbah · 2008-02-27 17:58:53

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dyscoria · 2008-02-27 18:05:46

/boot doesn't really need to be bigger than 64MB, or even 32MB to be honest if you don't plan on having loads of kernels. I'd keep it at 64MB.

Perhaps you could do 8GB for / and 2GB for /var with ReiserFS for /var. I've noticed significant performance increase with ReiserFS. / could be even smaller than 8GB if you don't install huge amounts of software. To be honest, i'd keep it at about 7-8 minimum anyway as you won't have a separate /tmp partition.

If you plan on suspending to disk then you need as much swap as RAM, but otherwise you can use that 4GB for something else. How much RAM you got?

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dyscoria · 2008-02-27 18:08:35

Misbah wrote:

I know my swap is kind of big, I made it equal to ram size, prob not necessary

I have 3GB of RAM and don't use a swap partition. Everything fills up the RAM instead and my system runs like lightning. WIth 4GB you should have no problems at all.

Misbah · 2008-02-27 18:16:19

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dyscoria · 2008-02-27 18:26:45

I don't care much for partitioning /usr or /opt. I think these are just for sharing programs between 2 or more Linux OS's on separate partitions.

Much the same as having a separate /var, a separate /tmp is another precautionary measure to make sure your / doesn't fill up when doing certain tasks. However, there aren't any other apparent benefits. I keep a separate /tmp of 2.5GB size just because I have space (160GB hard drive) but it isn't that much of a risk not to have one. I haven't heard of anyone in any forums whose had problems due to a lack of a /tmp partition.

A separate /var using ReiserFS is the common reccomendation, as pacman is alot faster with Reiser. You can make this around 2GB as long as you don't keep loads of logfiles (i.e. if you're running a server).

Swap you can do away with definately

My recommendation:
/boot 64MB ext2
/ 8GB
/var 2GB ReiserFS
/home the_rest

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Misbah · 2008-02-27 18:35:27

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Misbah · 2008-02-27 18:40:59

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gazj · 2008-02-27 18:41:50

I have a gig of ram, and I have never touched swap - yet!! Even when I have tried to on purpose. Even so I don't think I would not have one. It's your machine do what you think is best. If you use the space for /var you can always get rid of it and use the partition for swap later if you start getting problems.

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dyscoria · 2008-02-27 18:48:09

Misbah wrote:

I presume u suggest ReiserFS for /var since /var usually contains a bunch of tiny files instead of a few big ones?

Yep!

Misbah · 2008-02-27 18:48:16

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