Update for 'Recommended paritioning scheme' chapter

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 26 deletions

diff --git a/en/partitioning/schemes.xml b/en/partitioning/schemes.xml
index 4edc34e0d..ab9e5feb0 100644
--- a/en/partitioning/schemes.xml
+++ b/en/partitioning/schemes.xml
@@ -8,10 +8,8 @@
 
 For new users, personal &debian; boxes, home systems, and other
 single-user setups, a single <filename>/</filename> partition (plus
-swap) is probably the easiest, simplest way to go.  However, if your
-partition is larger than around 6GB, choose ext3 as your partition
-type.  Ext2 partitions need periodic file system integrity checking,
-and this can cause delays during booting when the partition is large.
+swap) is probably the easiest, simplest way to go.  The recommended
+partition type is ext4.
 
 </para><para>
 
@@ -26,9 +24,8 @@ partition.
 You might need a separate <filename>/usr/local</filename> partition if
 you plan to install many programs that are not part of the &debian;
 distribution.  If your machine will be a mail server, you might need
-to make <filename>/var/mail</filename> a separate partition.  Often,
-putting <filename>/tmp</filename> on its own partition, for instance
-20&ndash;50MB, is a good idea.  If you are setting up a server with lots
+to make <filename>/var/mail</filename> a separate partition.
+If you are setting up a server with lots
 of user accounts, it's generally good to have a separate, large
 <filename>/home</filename> partition.  In general, the partitioning
 situation varies from computer to computer depending on its uses.
@@ -44,28 +41,16 @@ of interest to ISPs and people setting up servers.
 
 With respect to the issue of swap partition size, there are many
 views.  One rule of thumb which works well is to use as much swap as
-you have system memory. It also shouldn't be smaller than 16MB, in
-most cases.  Of course, there are exceptions to these rules. If you
-are trying to solve 10000 simultaneous equations on a machine with
-256MB of memory, you may need a gigabyte (or more) of swap.
+you have system memory. It also shouldn't be smaller than 512MB, in
+most cases.  Of course, there are exceptions to these rules.
 
 </para><para>
 
-On some 32-bit architectures (m68k and PowerPC), the
-maximum size of a swap partition is 2GB. That should be enough for
-nearly any installation.  However, if your swap requirements are this
-high, you should probably try to spread the swap across different
-disks (also called <quote>spindles</quote>) and, if possible, different SCSI or
-IDE channels.  The kernel will balance swap usage between multiple
-swap partitions, giving better performance.
-
-</para><para>
-
-As an example, an older home machine might have 32MB of RAM and a
-1.7GB IDE drive on <filename>/dev/sda</filename>. There might be a
-500MB partition for another operating system on
-<filename>/dev/sda1</filename>, a 32MB swap partition on
-<filename>/dev/sda3</filename> and about 1.2GB on
+As an example, an older home machine might have 512MB of RAM and a
+20GB SATA drive on <filename>/dev/sda</filename>. There might be a
+8GB partition for another operating system on
+<filename>/dev/sda1</filename>, a 512MB swap partition on
+<filename>/dev/sda3</filename> and about 11.4GB on
 <filename>/dev/sda2</filename> as the Linux partition.
 
 </para><para>