[linux-audio-user] Partitioning for audio

[Eric Dantan Rzewnicki]

Josh Lawrence wrote:
> On 3/22/06, Jan Depner <eviltwin69 at cableone.net> wrote:
>>    I try to keep things as simple as possible.  Normally I partition
>>the OS drive with 2GB swap, 100MB /boot, and the rest in the /
>>partition.  Make one partition for the second drive.  Always record to
>>the second drive.  You can move audio data from the second drive to the
>>OS drive after recording.  You don't want to be recording to the OS
>>drive.

I go one simpler, with just swap and / on the OS drive.

> So would you make the second drive /home, or would you give it a
> different label, such as /audio?

Yup. That's what I do. mine is on /mnt/audio/

-Eric Rz.