08-17-2005, 11:34 AM | #1 (permalink) |
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What drive should I install linux on?
I recently installed a new 200GB drive, so I now have some extra storage space to play with. I've decided to install linux and I have a few different options that I wanted to run by you guys first.
First, here's my IDE setup: First(primary?) IDE cable: Master: 60GB - Windows XP/Installed Programs Slave: 200GB - General File Storage Second IDE cable: Master: 40GB Slave: DVD-RW Drive I've always been told that a HD will run slower if it's on the same IDE cable as a CD/DVD drive. How slow are we talking? Because I would like to install linux on the 40GB drive, but not if my (slow) HD is going to be a problem. If it is, I will create a small partition on my 200GB drive for linux and use the 40GB drive as a misc storage drive. What are your thoughts on this? Thanks
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08-17-2005, 12:27 PM | #2 (permalink) |
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First decide What OS will be your primary OS. What OS do you think you will need the most space for? If you play a lot of games then use the big 200 gig as your windows disk cause you will need more space for your windows games.
I cant quantify how much slower the hdd will get if you are sharing it with another device, but I guess this would only happen if you were accessing the cd-rom at the same time. Also do you really need 3 hdds? why not just use the 200gig for windows and the 60gig for linux. Wouldnt the slow down also happen if you are accessing 2 hdds simultaneously which are connected to the same cable? |
08-17-2005, 01:05 PM | #3 (permalink) |
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I rarely play games. I want to use the 200gig for storage (mp3s, movies, installation files, etc). 60gigs is more than enough space for Windows XP + Installed programs.
I would like to install linux on the 40gig, but if the general consensus is that I would be better off putting it on a partition on my 200gb, i'll do that. Thanks for your response, maul.
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08-17-2005, 01:40 PM | #4 (permalink) |
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Just leave the 200gig as pure storage for both Operating Systems. Put Windows on the 60gb and put Linux on the 40gb.
That will be fine. The 40gb harddrive's performance will only be slightly less when you are using the 40gb drive and DVD-RW at the same time.
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08-17-2005, 02:24 PM | #5 (permalink) | |
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08-17-2005, 04:30 PM | #6 (permalink) | |
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I'd put Linux on the 40gb unless you think you'll be using the CD a lot (frankly, after install, I almost never touch my CD drive). You could also partition the 200gb to have say 20gb for a ext3 partition for Linux and the rest a ntfs partition for file storage. 20gb ought to be an ample plenty, with the rest available for big file storage. |
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08-17-2005, 06:08 PM | #7 (permalink) | |
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Ill-behaved drivers, packet writers, and status checkers exist that can cause the performance issues by polling the drive at intervals even if it isn't being played/accessed intentionally. Simply leaving a CD/DVD in the drive can be enough to cause it. If the light flickers intermittently assume something's being nosey. This is one place where using analog audio playback is beneficial. Instead of tying up the IDE channel and some portion of your I/O system moving music bits, once the drive receives the play command it just continues with the analog cable passing signals directly to the audio hardware. Not that we use the things this way too often anymore... Quote:
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08-18-2005, 12:21 AM | #9 (permalink) | |
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08-18-2005, 05:20 AM | #10 (permalink) |
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Linux drivers that write to NTFS have been experimental for a long time but they seem to work fine. Some people report problems when writing small files to windows. Why not just use the Linux partition to store "Linux" specific files so the partition dosent have to be too big. For all other files (songs, movies etc) you can store them in a windows partition and mount that partition in Linux. Linux can read flawlessly from NTFS
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08-18-2005, 07:48 AM | #11 (permalink) |
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I was not saying to format the 200gig drive as a Fat32/NTFS filesystem, that was assumed by you. You can make this ext2/3 as crynel said, or NFS, or whatever. There are filesystems that both Windows and Linux can read/write to flawlessly. This drive should be formatted as such.
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08-18-2005, 10:21 PM | #13 (permalink) |
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Thanks for the responses guys. I installed Ubuntu on the 40gb and haven't had any problems with it. I'll be sure to keep the drive empty (it usually is) when I'm working in linux.
I'll have to look into other file systems later. At this point, I'm okay with just having read access to my NTFS drives, but it would be something worth looking into later.
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