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swift 13/12/17 10:15:36 |
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Modified: hb-install-filesystems.xml |
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Log: |
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Bug #489782 - Duplicate instructions for ext2, ext3 and possibly ext4 now separate |
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Revision Changes Path |
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1.14 xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-filesystems.xml |
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file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-filesystems.xml?rev=1.14&view=markup |
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plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-filesystems.xml?rev=1.14&content-type=text/plain |
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diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-filesystems.xml?r1=1.13&r2=1.14 |
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Index: hb-install-filesystems.xml |
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=================================================================== |
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RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-filesystems.xml,v |
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retrieving revision 1.13 |
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retrieving revision 1.14 |
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diff -u -r1.13 -r1.14 |
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--- hb-install-filesystems.xml 23 Feb 2013 18:38:22 -0000 1.13 |
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+++ hb-install-filesystems.xml 17 Dec 2013 10:15:36 -0000 1.14 |
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@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@ |
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<?xml version='1.0' encoding="UTF-8"?> |
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-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-filesystems.xml,v 1.13 2013/02/23 18:38:22 swift Exp $ --> |
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+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-filesystems.xml,v 1.14 2013/12/17 10:15:36 swift Exp $ --> |
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<!DOCTYPE included SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd"> |
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<included> |
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-<version>11</version> |
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-<date>2013-02-23</date> |
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+<version>12</version> |
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+<date>2013-12-17</date> |
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<section id="filesystemsdesc"> |
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<title>Filesystems</title> |
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@@ -86,14 +86,7 @@ |
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journaled filesystems that can be checked for consistency very quickly and are |
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thus generally preferred over their non-journaled counterparts. Journaled |
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filesystems prevent long delays when you boot your system and your filesystem |
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-happens to be in an inconsistent state. If you intend to install Gentoo on a |
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-very small disk (less than 4GB), then you'll need to tell ext2 to reserve enough |
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-inodes when you create the filesystem. The <c>mke2fs</c> application uses the |
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-"bytes-per-inode" setting to calculate how many inodes a file system should have. |
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-By running <c>mke2fs -T small /dev/<device></c> the number of inodes will |
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-generally quadruple for a given file system as its "bytes-per-inode" reduces from |
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-one every 16kB to one every 4kB. You can tune this even further by using |
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-<c>mke2fs -i <ratio> /dev/<device></c>. |
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+happens to be in an inconsistent state. |
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</p> |
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<p> |
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@@ -101,14 +94,7 @@ |
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journaling for fast recovery in addition to other enhanced journaling modes like |
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full data and ordered data journaling. It uses an HTree index that enables high |
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performance in almost all situations. In short, ext3 is a very good and |
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-reliable filesystem. If you intend to install Gentoo on a |
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-very small disk (less than 4GB), then you'll need to tell ext3 to reserve enough |
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-inodes when you create the filesystem. The <c>mke2fs</c> application uses the |
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-"bytes-per-inode" setting to calculate how many inodes a file system should have. |
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-By running <c>mke2fs -j -T small /dev/<device></c> the number of inodes will |
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-generally quadruple for a given file system as its "bytes-per-inode" reduces from |
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-one every 16kB to one every 4kB. You can tune this even further by using |
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-<c>mke2fs -j -i <ratio> /dev/<device></c>. |
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+reliable filesystem. |
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</p> |
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<p test="contains('x86 Alpha MIPS AMD64 arm IA64 SPARC HPPA PPC PPC64',func:keyval('arch'))"> |
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filesystem. Ext4 is the recommended all-purpose all-platform filesystem. |
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</p> |
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+<p> |
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+If you intend to install Gentoo on a very small disk (less than 4GB), then you'll |
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+need to tell ext2, ext3 or ext4 (if available) to reserve enough inodes when you |
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+create the filesystem. The <c>mke2fs</c> application uses the "bytes-per-inode" |
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+setting to calculate how many inodes a file system should have. By running |
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+<c>mke2fs -T small /dev/<device></c> (ext2) or <c>mke2fs -j -T small |
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+/dev/<device></c> (ext3/ext4) the number of inodes will generally |
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+quadruple for a given file system as its "bytes-per-inode" reduces from |
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+one every 16kB to one every 4kB. You can tune this even further by using |
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+<c>mke2fs -i <ratio> /dev/<device></c> (ext2) or <c>mke2fs -j |
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+-i <ratio> /dev/<device></c> (ext3/ext4). |
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+</p> |
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+ |
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</body> |
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<body test="not(func:keyval('arch')='SPARC')"> |
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