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Originally Posted by JeremyBoden
Where are you going to put those distros, after the first one or two?
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My plan is to put all the distros in the 700GB data partition, as well as any other "data" such as media files I want on my laptop, say when travelling. I read somewhere about symlinking from the default KVM location (/var/...?) to the desired output location for the virtual disks.
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Linux (Arch) | Dual-boot via GRUB
KVM
Fedora
Ubuntu
Etc, etc
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Originally Posted by JeremyBoden
KVM is a bit complex for a first stab at Linux.
Why not use something like Virtual Box for your VM's?
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I've installed say 10 or so different distros/window managers/desktop environments on my (soon-to-be-discarded) MacBook Pro, using VirtualBox and Parallels. I'm new-ish to Linux, esp. on the desktop, but know Unix (HP-UX, Solaris), bash, zsh, vim, terminal, most of the "major" Linux commands. I wasn't able to "practice" KVM on my Mac because it doesn't have the CPU instruction set required by KVM.
I wanted to use KVM 1) from what I've Googled it performs better than VirtualBox (about 1.5% performance loss over bare-metal, from the link I found), and 2) to learn KVM.
I've got Arch installed on the laptop up to the command line; the display server and KVM modules are next.
I don't mind a reinstall or two for practice, but I'm keen to move on to setting up KVM and playing with other distros. Thus this post for advice
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Originally Posted by JeremyBoden
Don't use NTFS for Linux unless it is vital that Windows has direct access to a Linux partition.
Corollary, EXT4 is much more efficient and less bother, also does NTFS support all permission bits?
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Thanks. So EXT4 is a good choice for the PCIe-NVMe SSD vs. other file systems?
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Originally Posted by JeremyBoden
If you are reasonably certain of your LVM sizes, there is no need to use LVM since you have only one physical partition (on the SSD)!
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Two partitions:
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Data (700GB) (EXT4)
Linux (20GB) (LVM)
LV1 - root (10GB) (EXT4)
LV2 - home (10GB) (EXT4)
I used LVM since the partition is fairly tight, and I could resize for example root - 15GB, home 5GB. I don't really know how much space I'll need until I finalize the install. I'm hoping 20GB is enough. I split home out from root in case I ever trash root in some way. But perhaps a single 20GB partition containing everything, with proper backup of /home, would be ok?
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Originally Posted by JeremyBoden
For file sharing within Linux consider using NFS instead of Windows stuff.
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Thanks, in another Google hit it recommended a tiny Linux (eg. Puppy Linux?) running in VirtualBox. If that VM can set the Data partition, then VB supports shared folders between the VM and windows.
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Originally Posted by JeremyBoden
BTW I have allocated a 600GB (50% used) video partition to share data over ethernet with my TV.
So you may need that external disk!
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I've got 24TB on my NAS, which both Windows and Linux would see. But for some reason my WiFi network speed is really slow to the NAS (separate issue, will need to investigate when I get time). Most media files esp. video go there, the NAS runs Plex, and the TV has a Plex client built in. The NAS performance is ok if the files are already there (i.e. streaming to the TV or laptop), and for overnight backups. But it would be a pain if I had to copy 100's of GB's from the Data partition on the laptop to the NAS, say to resize partitions on the laptop. In that case, I'd use an external USB.
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Originally Posted by JeremyBoden
Have you thought about how you will take regular backups?
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I was thinking rsync or some Linux backup client backing up to the NAS.
