On Sat, 4 Jun 2011, Robert Simmons wrote:
On Sat, Jun 4, 2011 at 10:43 PM, Warren Block <wbl...@wonkity.com> wrote:
There's a sample in the second half of my disk setup article:
http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/disksetup.html
Looks good. I have a few critiques:
1) Linux and FreeBSD do not have alignment requirements, as far as I
know. So you may want to include a note about this when you say
"Create partition for /. It should start at the 1M boundary for
alignment on 4K sector drives, or 2048 blocks:" This would only be
necessary for dual-boot with an OS that has alignment requirements
such as windows. This would essentially be the difference between the
two old methods of dedicated and not.
The 1M size is compatible with Windows and aligns partitions for better
performance on 4K sector drives. Doesn't affect performance on 512-byte
sector drives, easier to set up initially than add later, and costs less
than 1M of space. Cheap compatibility insurance, I guess I'm saying.
2) Perhaps add a note about softupdates (-U) for partitions other than
/ when you describe the newfs steps.
Yikes, yes.
I think your article would be a good place to start for making an
updated section in the handbook.
Thanks!
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