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crosssover

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Registered: 2008-07-31

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Fresh Install + 1TB HDD + Ext4 + Grub2

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 !

robertp

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From: Warszawa, Poland

Registered: 2007-09-11

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Re: Fresh Install + 1TB HDD + Ext4 + Grub2

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.

crosssover

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Registered: 2008-07-31

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Re: Fresh Install + 1TB HDD + Ext4 + Grub2

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

robertp

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From: Warszawa, Poland

Registered: 2007-09-11

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Re: Fresh Install + 1TB HDD + Ext4 + Grub2

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.

crosssover

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Re: Fresh Install + 1TB HDD + Ext4 + Grub2

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)

crosssover

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Registered: 2008-07-31

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Re: Fresh Install + 1TB HDD + Ext4 + Grub2

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

brendan

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From: UK

Registered: 2009-05-16

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Re: Fresh Install + 1TB HDD + Ext4 + Grub2

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.

Arteomp

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From: Belarus, Minsk/Gomel

Registered: 2009-08-29

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Re: Fresh Install + 1TB HDD + Ext4 + Grub2

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)

apollokk

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Re: Fresh Install + 1TB HDD + Ext4 + Grub2

Make an extra "data" partition and mount it at /mnt/data.

/home doesn't need to be so big.

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Convergence

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Re: Fresh Install + 1TB HDD + Ext4 + Grub2

Wrong thread!

Last edited by Convergence (2011-02-22 09:54:13)

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Re: Fresh Install + 1TB HDD + Ext4 + Grub2

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