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On Fri, 26 Aug 2005 23:41:10 -0400, Walter Dnes wrote: |
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> This'll be my first linux install that won't be 32-bit Intel. I've |
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> been reading the AMD64 install docs on the Gentoo.org website. The big |
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> items I've noticed are... |
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> - stick with ext2fs/ext3fs with all other filesystems being unstable |
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I've been running resierfs and xfs for well over a year with zero |
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problems. |
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> I intend to use the following partition layout... |
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> - / 8 gigs |
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> - swap 2 gigs |
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> - /var 8 gigs |
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> - /home gets the rest of the drive. There'll be tons of my garbage |
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> under /home/misc. /usr/local and /opt will be symlinks on / with |
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> the actual files sitting in /home/misc/local and /home/misc/opt. |
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8GB for / is probably OK, I have that size for /usr, with /var and .opt |
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mounted on /usr/{var,opt} and it's around 75% full (/ is ~150MB). |
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symlinks for partitions always seem kludgy to me, I prefer to mount on |
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the directory with the bind option, I use |
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/usr/var /var auto bind 0 0 |
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in /etc/fstab. |
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> This layout reflects my experiences from my Windows and Redhat days. |
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> Keep the OS on its own partition, so you can blow away and re-install or |
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> install the next version as required. |
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There is no "next version" with Gentoo, so this doesn't really apply. |
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Even if you did feel some odd need to reinstall, it's no big deal to tar |
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up /usr/local before doing so. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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