From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Aug 25 11:32:18 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C9F6316A418 for ; Sat, 25 Aug 2007 11:32:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rloefgren@forethought.net) Received: from mzpi5.forethought.net (mzpi5.forethought.net [216.241.36.14]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A3C8D13C457 for ; Sat, 25 Aug 2007 11:32:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rloefgren@forethought.net) Received: from 206-124-7-66.denver.dsl.forethought.net ([206.124.7.66] helo=auden.jmla.com) by mz3.forethought.net with esmtps (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.51) id 1IOlG4-0001wE-Nf; Fri, 24 Aug 2007 20:20:16 -0600 Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 20:20:16 -0600 (MDT) From: rloefgren@forethought.net X-X-Sender: rloef@auden.jmla.com To: Wojciech Puchar In-Reply-To: <20070824081848.F73687@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> Message-ID: <20070824192101.Y36415@auden.jmla.com> References: <56712.67.176.75.179.1187816225.squirrel@webmail.wcubed.net> <20070824081848.F73687@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: Brad Waite , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /var or /usr for data? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2007 11:32:18 -0000 On Fri, 24 Aug 2007, Wojciech Puchar wrote: >> It would appear that the "proper" allocation of filesystems on FreeBSD is >> to put all data in /usr. I'm used to this and have been doing it for >> years. > > my favourite "proper" allocation is to make ONE partition (/) and nothing > more. and forget all problems about how to partition your drive right... > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > I've made a quick look-see through my copies of "The Complete FreeBSD" and "Absolute BSD" and can't find the reference, but I recall reading somewhere in my 4.x days that FreeBSD used a different algorithm to write to the /var directory, if it was on its own filesystem, because /var was written to a lot (holding logs and all.) Because of this, and all the way up to 6.2 today, I put /var on its own filesystem, after / and swap. Where the old AIX wonks used to call the "outer middle" of the disk. Was this different algorithm really the case? And, now with UFS2, is it still the case? I still put pgsql/data on /var. r