[LAU] file system types for audio work, etc

Hi All, I'm re-installing my audio desktop system & I'm curious how other's have their's setup & organized. I'll be installing Fedora 12 64bit with CCRMA Planet. The system will be a dual boot setup. ================================================= CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 5400+ (Socket AM2) RAM: 4GB This is what I've decided so far: disk partition size file system type sda /boot 200MB ext2 sda / 20GB ext3 sda /home 50GB ext3 sdb /influx ---GB ext3 sdc swap 4GB ext3 sbc /noise ---GB ext3 ================================================= ummm... maybe. the 'influx' partition is for audio session files I'm working on, & 'noise' is for various samples, loops, giga files, soundfonts, & field recordings. All 3 drives are 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s hard drives. what's the best drive to place the swap partition on? the program sessions drive (influx) or the sound samples one (noise?) I wont be recording more than a couple tracks at a time. How important is drive placement of swap? Now, some of these following questions verge on the OT, I think: Should I use LVM? I don't think I've ever used it. Is there any good reason to use it, or not to, now? Are people using ext4 on your audio systems? Advantages? Is ext2 best for partitions containing files that change very little? Should I actually bother with a seperate /boot partition? In the past I've created a seperate /boot partition, but grub defaulted elsewhere, & since it worked that way, I didn't look into trying to reconfigure it. The actual /boot partition remained empty. What are the advantages, if there are these days, in having a distinct partition for grub? Maybe I'm asking too many questions at once? & they also may seem pretty basic, but nothing stays the same :) I'd like to sort this stuff out before continuing, particularly the file system types used. If anyone has pointers to a better way of setting things up, please let me know. Or any up-to-date online audio-specific references dealing with this would be great. thanks, -s |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Climbing a lot of little molehills is sort of like climbing a mountain.