From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Aug 25 15:47:51 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 05C2316A41B for ; Sat, 25 Aug 2007 15:47:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: from gizmo.acns.msu.edu (gizmo.acns.msu.edu [35.8.1.43]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F25613C46A for ; Sat, 25 Aug 2007 15:47:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: from gizmo.acns.msu.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gizmo.acns.msu.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l7PFhOJ4071761; Sat, 25 Aug 2007 11:43:24 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: (from jerrymc@localhost) by gizmo.acns.msu.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) id l7PFhM9L071760; Sat, 25 Aug 2007 11:43:22 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jerrymc) Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2007 11:43:22 -0400 From: Jerry McAllister To: rloefgren@forethought.net Message-ID: <20070825154322.GB71640@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> References: <56712.67.176.75.179.1187816225.squirrel@webmail.wcubed.net> <20070824081848.F73687@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20070824192101.Y36415@auden.jmla.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070824192101.Y36415@auden.jmla.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Cc: Wojciech Puchar , 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 15:47:51 -0000 On Fri, Aug 24, 2007 at 08:20:16PM -0600, rloefgren@forethought.net wrote: > 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. I think you may be confusing var with swap. A different algorithm is used for managing and writing/reading swap. I haven't heard of any difference with /var. ////jerry > > r > _______________________________________________ > 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"