[arch-general] partition sizes and filesystems (Re: Install Arch in stages?)

[clemens fischer]

Leonid Isaev wrote:

> I think it's a better idea to have either /var/lib or entire /var on
> reiserfs.
> 
> /        ext4     30Gb
> /var     ext4     10Gb
> /boot    ext4     100Mb
> /var/lib reiserfs 500Mb
> /home    ext4     85Gb
> /tmp     ext2     2Gb

Interesting!  Why do you think that?  Me, I used my ears to determine
the best filesystem for my workloads on the PC.  Ext4 is the one with
least head movement:  the disks stay silent for long periods of time,
then they have hectic fits and go quiet again.

Compare this with freebsd's UFS2+soft-updates, XFS and JFS.  I didn't
dare to use ZFS on freebsd and I think I never tried reiserfs, fearing
it isn't on active development currently.

Oh, one other thing:  my swap and home partitions are LUKS encrypted.
The swap uses etc/crypttab with a random key, the key for home is on an
USB dongle, so I can physically lock out people taking possession of the
PC by keeping that dongle safely stashed away some place.


clemens