Date: Sun, 5 Jun 2011 07:37:52 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Robert Simmons <rsimmons0@gmail.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Partitioning with gpart or old style slices? Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1106050654520.37009@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <BANLkTimbmGFHYWdAd7BxzH%2Bdz1rZqt7D7w@mail.gmail.com> References: <4DEAAE54.1050508@locolomo.org> <BANLkTinoDAOxj0AYvYmdia_jLhW54F4jig@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1106042039240.34792@wonkity.com> <BANLkTimbmGFHYWdAd7BxzH%2Bdz1rZqt7D7w@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sat, 4 Jun 2011, Robert Simmons wrote: > On Sat, Jun 4, 2011 at 10:43 PM, Warren Block <wblock@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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