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On 03/27/12 14:34, Alexandre Rostovtsev wrote: |
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> The partitioning scheme is something that the user needs to decide on |
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> *before* getting Gentoo up and running. After the user had finished |
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> installing the operating system, it's too late to inform him about the |
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> advantages of a separate /usr/portage. |
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> IMHO, chapter 4 of the handbook needs the following changes: |
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> 1. ext4, not ext3, needs to be recommended as the default filesystem. We |
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> have kernel 3.2 marked stable, there is no need to keep talking about |
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> ext4 as if it's something experimental. |
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> 2. The handbook should mention that a separate small /usr/portage |
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> partition can noticeably improve performance for users with a rotational |
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> hard drive, and that it's not needed for solid-state drives. It should |
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> also mention that using Gentoo with a separate /usr/portage partition |
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> will require some additional configuration (such as changing DISTDIR and |
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> PKGDIR to avoid running out of space). |
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> -Alexandre. |
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Could we amend this to also include the benefits of ZFS and why you |
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would want to use XFS or reiserfs instead of ext{2,3,4} as your |
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filesystem in situations where ZFS is not yet appropriate (e.g. using it |
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on Gentoo stable)? We could also include documentation on Reiser4 while |
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we are at it. |
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With that said, I don't think that this is appropriate for the handbook. |
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It is meant to get users started, not to set things in stone. The |
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partitioning can always be redone later via a stage4 backup. |
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On the note, I would like to suggest that we make a separate disk |
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partitioning and filesystem handbook, which would seem to be a more |
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appropriate location for this information. I should also say that I do |
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agree about recommending ext4 instead of ext3 by default. |