[gentoo-user] partition scheme

[gentoo-user] partition scheme

[Thufir]

For hdb, what's a good partitioning scheme?  I want to go with reiser, and
keep the vfat (for win2k).  I have 512MB RAM, should I change the swap
size?  Is there a big advantage to using LVM versus just a regular root
partition?

I figure I'll use hda just for storage of stuff prior to burning to disc. 
For a little while, I'll have a triple boot system.


[root@arrakis ~]#
[root@arrakis ~]#
[root@arrakis ~]# parted
GNU Parted 1.7.1
Using /dev/hda
Welcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands.
(parted) print all

Disk /dev/hda: 80.0GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos

Number  Start   End     Size    Type     File system  Flags
 1      32.3kB  107MB   107MB   primary  ext3         boot
 2      107MB   80.0GB  79.9GB  primary               lvm



Disk /dev/hdb: 30.8GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos

Number  Start   End     Size    Type     File system  Flags
 1      32.3kB  11.7GB  11.7GB  primary  fat32        boot, lba
 2      11.7GB  11.8GB  107MB   primary  ext2
 3      11.8GB  12.3GB  452MB   primary  linux-swap
 4      12.3GB  30.7GB  18.4GB  primary  ext3


Error: Unable to open /dev/md0 - unrecognised disk label.

Warning: Unable to open /dev/fd0 read-write (Read-only file system).  /dev/fd0 has
been opened read-only.
Error: Unable to open /dev/fd0 - unrecognised disk label.

(parted) quit
Information: Don't forget to update /etc/fstab, if necessary.

[root@arrakis ~]#
[root@arrakis ~]# date
Tue Oct 17 07:37:56 IST 2006
[root@arrakis ~]#
[root@arrakis ~]#



thanks,

Thufir

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Re: [gentoo-user] partition scheme

[Alan McKinnon]

On Tuesday 17 October 2006 08:54, Thufir wrote:
> For hdb, what's a good partitioning scheme?  I want to go with
> reiser, and keep the vfat (for win2k).  I have 512MB RAM, should I
> change the swap size?  Is there a big advantage to using LVM versus
> just a regular root partition?

Hi,

This is one of those questions that we can't really answer, as the 
correct answer is "it depends".

What do you want to do with this machine, what role does it have in 
life? If you ask me how would I partition a workstation, a busy mail 
server and a company file server, I'd give you three completely 
different answers....

I take it this is a workstation though (512M ram....). For those it 
think it's a good idea to keep /home on a separate partition so it can 
easily be shared between distros. If you have several users who all 
need to get at the same shared data (like an mp3 collection) then 
putting that on a separate partition is also convenient.

As for lvm - it is amazingly useful, and it's real use if often 
misunderstood: it lets you manipulate partitions and move them around. 
This is amazingly difficult without lvm and usually involves extra 
drives and moving many GB out of the way to make space. So lvm gives 
you no benefit in normal use, but the first time you need to shrink / 
to make a separate /home on a disk with no unpartitioned space, you'll 
thanks your lucky stars you used lvm :-)

That swap size (452M) is ok for normal use. If you find that the machine 
is using lots of that swap in daily use, then you'll have to increase 
it. And if you need suspend/resume, then you'll need to increase that 
partition to at least the size of your ram. Actually, make it 1G 
minimum - ram upgrades are easy, and there's a good chacne you'll do it 
anyway in the future.

alan

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Re: [gentoo-user] partition scheme

[David Grant]

I'd like to share mine with the world:

Disk /dev/sda: 250.0 GB, 250059350016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *           1        4904    39391348+   7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2            4905        4917      104422+  83  Linux
/dev/sda3            4918        5161     1959930   82  Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda4            5162       30401   202740300    5  Extended
/dev/sda5            5162       10025    39070079+  83  Linux
/dev/sda6           10026       14889    39070079+  8e  Linux LVM
/dev/sda7           14890       19753    39070079+  8e  Linux LVM
/dev/sda8           19754       24617    39070079+  8e  Linux LVM
/dev/sda9           24618       29481    39070079+  83  Linux
/dev/sda10          29482       30401     7389899+  83  Linux

# df
Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda5              38G  258M   38G   1% /
udev                  442M  184K  442M   1% /dev
/dev/sda2              99M   15M   79M  16% /boot
/dev/mapper/vg-opt     30G  3.2G   27G  11% /opt
/dev/mapper/vg-usr     20G  7.7G   13G  39% /usr
/dev/mapper/vg-home    20G  5.5G   15G  28% /home
/dev/mapper/vg-var     20G   12G  8.6G  58% /var
/dev/mapper/vg-tmp     10G  356M  9.7G   4% /tmp
shm                   442M     0  442M   0% /dev/shm

sda6-sda10 are all separate partitions so that I have the flexibility
to throw them into the LVM if I want or use them for something else
later.

Dave

On 10/16/06, Thufir <hawat.thufir@gmail.com> wrote:
> For hdb, what's a good partitioning scheme?  I want to go with reiser, and
> keep the vfat (for win2k).  I have 512MB RAM, should I change the swap
> size?  Is there a big advantage to using LVM versus just a regular root
> partition?
>
> I figure I'll use hda just for storage of stuff prior to burning to disc.
> For a little while, I'll have a triple boot system.
>
>
> [root@arrakis ~]#
> [root@arrakis ~]#
> [root@arrakis ~]# parted
> GNU Parted 1.7.1
> Using /dev/hda
> Welcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands.
> (parted) print all
>
> Disk /dev/hda: 80.0GB
> Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
> Partition Table: msdos
>
> Number  Start   End     Size    Type     File system  Flags
>  1      32.3kB  107MB   107MB   primary  ext3         boot
>  2      107MB   80.0GB  79.9GB  primary               lvm
>
>
>
> Disk /dev/hdb: 30.8GB
> Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
> Partition Table: msdos
>
> Number  Start   End     Size    Type     File system  Flags
>  1      32.3kB  11.7GB  11.7GB  primary  fat32        boot, lba
>  2      11.7GB  11.8GB  107MB   primary  ext2
>  3      11.8GB  12.3GB  452MB   primary  linux-swap
>  4      12.3GB  30.7GB  18.4GB  primary  ext3
>
>
> Error: Unable to open /dev/md0 - unrecognised disk label.
>
> Warning: Unable to open /dev/fd0 read-write (Read-only file system).  /dev/fd0 has
> been opened read-only.
> Error: Unable to open /dev/fd0 - unrecognised disk label.
>
> (parted) quit
> Information: Don't forget to update /etc/fstab, if necessary.
>
> [root@arrakis ~]#
> [root@arrakis ~]# date
> Tue Oct 17 07:37:56 IST 2006
> [root@arrakis ~]#
> [root@arrakis ~]#
>
>
>
> thanks,
>
> Thufir
>
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>
>



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