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Hi People !
Recently bought a 1TB HDD, so I dicided to do a Fresh install of Arch, but this time changing the XFS filesystem for EXT4.
Does it worth the try ? or i should keep it with the old XFS and ReiserFs?? my data is mostly, movies, music, pics, and pdfs so i'd like a recomendation here.
This is my currently partition scheme
40 mb /boot (Ext2)
30GB / (XFS)
330 GB /home (ReiserFS)
2 GB Swap
I also use a 40Gb HDD with windows so it would be nice to have "share" partition for sharing files while working on the "Gaming OS", what is better for this job, NTFS or FAT32 ?
Somebody tried windows7? i don't know if you could read linux FS with it, so it could be an interesting choice...
Also planning on changing grub 0.97 for the Grub2, somoene tried it? do you have any issues? does it worth the try ?
ok thats for now. Hoping to read your opinions !
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XFS, ReiserFS, Ext3 and Ext4 filesystems are comparable so whichever you choose it should suit your needs well. Just remember to use older filesystem (e.g ext3) for /boot since GRUB may have problem with Ext4.
I think there is no need to create "share" partition since you can use fuse to access Windows filesystems and ext2ifs to access Ext2/3 filesystem from Windows. I don't know if ext2ifs supports Ext4.
Regarding Windows filesystems NTFS is the only good choice for HDD but FAT32 is still acceptable for USB sticks or similiar devices.
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Thanx for the reply Robert.
I finished the installation but when I tried to boot get the error 17
saying "wrong file system"
should I Install grub2 to fix it ?
the partition scheme is this
50 mb /boot (Ext2)
50GB / (EXT4)
800 GB /home (EXT4)
2 GB Swap
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I don't think installing GRUB2 will fix anything. First check if GRUB configuration file is valid (e.g. disk and partition identifiers) and try reinstalling GRUB. Or maybe you have 2 HDD connected to the computer.
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I forgot to mention, I have 3 HDD. This is my "fdisk -l" output
[Disco /dev/sda: 40.9 GB, 40970489344 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4981 cylinders
Units = cilindros of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0003f307
Disposit. Inicio Comienzo Fin Bloques Id Sistema
/dev/sda1 * 1 4980 40001818+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
Disco /dev/sdb: 400.0 GB, 400087375360 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 48641 cylinders
Units = cilindros of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000831f9
Disposit. Inicio Comienzo Fin Bloques Id Sistema
/dev/sdb1 * 1 13 104391 83 Linux
/dev/sdb2 14 5235 41945715 83 Linux
/dev/sdb3 5236 46346 330224107+ 83 Linux
/dev/sdb4 46347 48641 18434587+ 5 Extendida
/dev/sdb5 46347 48380 16338073+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sdb6 48381 48641 2096451 82 Linux swap / Solaris
Disco /dev/sdc: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders
Units = cilindros of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0009c844
Disposit. Inicio Comienzo Fin Bloques Id Sistema
/dev/sdc1 * 1 7 56196 83 Linux
/dev/sdc2 8 6485 52034535 83 Linux
/dev/sdc3 6486 121601 924669270 5 Extendida
/dev/sdc5 6486 121340 922572756 83 Linux
/dev/sdc6 121341 121601 2096451 82 Linux swap / Solaris
This is my grub menu.lst
# (0) Arch Linux
title Arch Linux
root (hd2,0)
kernel /vmlinuz26 root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/18649768-914c-4418-b65a-bc7559f31f23 ro
initrd /kernel26.img
# (1) Arch Linux
title Arch Linux Fallback
root (hd2,0)
kernel /vmlinuz26 root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/18649768-914c-4418-b65a-bc7559f31f23 ro
initrd /kernel26-fallback.img
# (2) Windows
#title Windows
#rootnoverify (hd0,0)
#makeactive
#chainloader +1
The exact output of Error17 says:
filesystem type unknown partition type 0x7
Error 17 : Cannot mount selected partition )
I tried "FIxing Grub error 17" from the wiki but did'nt work, it said the the partition table was alright.
Also I installed arch from USB image (saw some bug about grub from the usb installation, don't know if has something to do with...)
Last edited by crosssover (2009-08-23 14:08:53)
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Finally passed the error 17 with a new install and a fix in the Menu.lst.
But know I got a kernel panic :S
I'm going to try with a cd install instead of the USB image
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I doubt thats anything to do with that. Make sure you are booting to the right drive. This seems like a simple configuration issue. What's the kernel panic at? Try seeing if you actually boot off the right drive. Grub may see them in different order than fdisk and your bios.
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800 GB /home (EXT4)
mmm....one disk has 800GB...it is much better if you will make few partitions, for example:
/home, home/disk0, /home/disk1, etc
But only don't make one partition 800 gb
Last edited by Arteomp (2009-09-01 22:22:19)
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Make an extra "data" partition and mount it at /mnt/data.
/home doesn't need to be so big.
/me wants you to detele this account... please delete it.
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Wrong thread!
Last edited by Convergence (2011-02-22 09:54:13)
It's a very deadly weapon to know what you're doing
--- William Murderface
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Closing....
There's no such thing as a stupid question, but there sure are a lot of inquisitive idiots !
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