From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 5 13:37:53 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB31F106566B for ; Sun, 5 Jun 2011 13:37:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [67.158.26.137]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6BAA98FC16 for ; Sun, 5 Jun 2011 13:37:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p55DbqSE037121; Sun, 5 Jun 2011 07:37:52 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) with ESMTP id p55DbqQT037118; Sun, 5 Jun 2011 07:37:52 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Sun, 5 Jun 2011 07:37:52 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block To: Robert Simmons In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <4DEAAE54.1050508@locolomo.org> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.7 (wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]); Sun, 05 Jun 2011 07:37:52 -0600 (MDT) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Partitioning with gpart or old style slices? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 05 Jun 2011 13:37:53 -0000 On Sat, 4 Jun 2011, Robert Simmons wrote: > On Sat, Jun 4, 2011 at 10:43 PM, Warren Block 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!