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201 lines
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>11. Questions and Answers</A
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>Check the newsgroups and try to determine some frequent
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problems and cover them here. Again an example from the Multi Disk
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HOWTO.</I
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> This is just a collection of what I believe are the most common
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questions people might have. Give me more feedback and I will turn
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this section into a proper FAQ.
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> Q:How many physical disk drives (spindles) does a Linux system need?
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> A: Linux can run just fine on one drive (spindle). Having
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enough RAM (around 32 MB, and up to 64 MB) to support swapping
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is a better price/performance choice than getting a second
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disk. (E)IDE disk is usually cheaper (but a little slower) than
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SCSI.
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> Q: Are there any disadvantages in this scheme?
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> A: There is only a minor snag: if even a single partition
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overflows the system might stop working properly. The severity
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depends of course on what partition is affected. Still this is
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not hard to monitor, the command <B
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>df</B
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> gives
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you a good overview of the situation. Also check the swap
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partition(s) using <B
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>free</B
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> to make sure you are
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not about to run out of virtual memory.
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> Q: OK, so should I split the system into as many partitions as
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possible for a single drive?
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> A: No, there are several disadvantages to that. First of all
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maintenance becomes needlessly complex and you gain very little
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in this. In fact if your partitions are too big you will seek
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across larger areas than needed. This is a balance and
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dependent on the number of physical drives you have.
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