From 6c62029a7457c908a6b4dd8d52c10c6481601080 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Fabian Affolter Date: Thu, 14 May 2020 09:21:53 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Fix typos (#668) --- Documentation/partition.md | 13 +++++++------ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/partition.md b/Documentation/partition.md index e03524fcb..124bd5845 100644 --- a/Documentation/partition.md +++ b/Documentation/partition.md @@ -1,12 +1,12 @@ # Partition -The partition layout is a bit different on the first part. We prefere GPT every time where is possible. With SoCs they don't support GPT, we can use the hyprid GPT. More about this on [development](development.mnd) documentation. +The partition layout is a bit different than for regular setups. We prefer GPT, if possible. With SoCs which don't support GPT, we use the hybrid GPT. For more details about this topic, please refer to the [development](development.mnd) documentation. -The system is designed to have less as possible writes on the system. Which means we have basicly just writes on the OTA update and pretty small (5-6 times per week) on the overlay part. The Data partition have real I/O which is possible to offload into a different drive. +The system is designed to have as less as possible write operations on the storage media. Which means that we have basically only write during the OTA update and 5-6 times per week on the overlay part. The data partition is having I/O. This is the reason which is should be run on a different drive. -Basic it look like: +A visual representation looks like this: -``` +```text ------------------------- | Bootloader | ------------------------- @@ -36,11 +36,12 @@ Sometime the bootloader part can look different because there can be firmware or ## Data -The data partation is the only partition with real I/O. It will be expanded automatic on boot time to the full size of the disk. +The data partition is the only partition with real I/O. It will be expanded automatic on boot time to the full size of the disk. This partition can be offloaded to a different drive with the utility: + ```sh $ datactl move /dev/xxx ``` -On next boot, the partition will be moved to the new drive. The drive need to be bigger as the old one and we own the full new drive. +On next boot, the partition will be moved to the new drive. The drive needs to be bigger as the old one and we own the full new drive.