On Sun, Dec 09, 2001 at 11:00:34PM -0000, Derek Stewart wrote: > Hi Richard, > > I have got at the moment on a Q60,. Quantum Fireball 20Gb drive with : > > /dev/hda1 2Gb QWA > /dev/hda2 1Gb QWA > /dev/hda3 1Gb QWA > /dev/hda4 5Gb LNX > /dev/hda5 128Mb SWP > /dev/hda6 5Gb LNX ----+ these 2 partitions are spare > /dev/hda7 5.15Gb LNX----+ > > The main Linux partition is /dev/hda4, it does seem to bot up a little slow, > but it is checking the 5Gb partition. > > Would making the partitions smaller improve speed.
how long does it take? The normal check of a 5GB partition should be hardly noticeable, in any case less than 5s. If it does a full check each time than something else is wrong. The overall check time depends most on the number of files, much less the size of the partition. What can be done when you have more partitions is to make the regular full checks happen at different times. If you don't (de)install software often you can have /usr readonly and completely skip the regular fschk for this partition. In that case make sure /usr/tmp is a symlink to somewhere else. I haven't tested this because I am testing new software almost daily. Btw newer e2fsutils which I hope to release soon appear to be much faster. > I think that the XINSTALL program may need some changes to specify mount > points for partition. I guess something like Disk Druid. Some simple support would be possible, but I would rather not confuse the average user. The installation guide gives some hints how to do it. Bye Richard
