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James Bradley wrote to Alan Ianson:

JB> I read, that a swap should be the speediest, and recommended it go to the
JB> outermost cylinder. Any opinions on that?

At the moment my swap is /sda2 / is /sda1 and other storage is /sda3.
I've always had swap in the middle of the drive but I think it's fine
there too, as long as it works..

JB> Maybe to adhere to Gentoo's instructions, you'd need a separate /boot
JB> partition.  At my experience level, I have to take every word as 
JB> gospel.
JB> I've skipped an "ls" or two, but that's the only diversion I can afford to
JB> date. 

That's a good strategy, I did mine the same when I took it for a run.

JB>  AI> If they are freshly formatted and empty that would be fine. I 
JB>  AI> wouldn't do it otherwise though, there are sure to be differences.
JB> 
JB> Ah... That's what I thought. /usr and /home could coexist between two 
JB> installs though?

Quite possible, but I don't think I would do it that way. The conf
files in /home may be different in some small ways. The binaries in
/usr/(s)bin could depend on /libs too. It may work to some degree but
create cranky problems in other ways.

/opt & /usr/local could be shared though if your careful (who built
what where etc.).
 
JB>  AI> ... Discoveries are often made by not following instructions.
JB> 
JB> Not just yet, Alen. Not just yet. 

Reminds me of another tagline. "Good judgement comes from experience
that comes from bad judgement". :)

JB> 
JB> My cousin is in Westbank! You guys better not light up any more Marlboro's 
JB> this summer. We had PLENTY of red skies at night a couple of years ago!

Westbank is just up the road from me here, yep we are very careful
with fire here, it's so dry in the summer. I remember the fires in
Alberta too.. it was smoky here in town but there were no fires in
the area at the time. Best we could figure was that the smoke was
coming from the fires in Alberta. 

 Ttyl :-),
         Al

.. Alan's Law:  Almost anything is easier to get into than out of