From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sat Nov 28 18:39:34 2020 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8E5AA4A78E7 for ; Sat, 28 Nov 2020 18:39:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from roberthuff@rcn.com) Received: from mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (unknown [127.0.1.3]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4Ck0dy2gZlz4csT for ; Sat, 28 Nov 2020 18:39:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from roberthuff@rcn.com) Received: by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) id 5BBDF4A78E6; Sat, 28 Nov 2020 18:39:34 +0000 (UTC) Delivered-To: questions@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B7EA4A7A6C for ; Sat, 28 Nov 2020 18:39:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from roberthuff@rcn.com) Received: from smtp.rcn.com (smtp.rcn.com [69.168.97.78]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4Ck0dx3s1mz4cxD for ; Sat, 28 Nov 2020 18:39:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from roberthuff@rcn.com) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; d=rcn.com; s=20180516; c=relaxed/simple; q=dns/txt; i=@rcn.com; t=1606588772; h=From:Subject:Date:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; bh=hvFohdyGCmWG8rmBF1x0NuzTsIE=; b=N7FA6QHFRH6QWAKcjU0qFjH+uJO4MGmbxy/lwncR4fh5U/y9cL5qCqjrVfvmfny9 EQcHVsb/MTe8BuEoGYbHopxwcK1BOaFlnrLfKpD89J/KI3ofLqIyrztx8LWKsj5k XpsxCMZAudxUXCdU6auEWXBj8gqL/L4s76cXUFKGiJ1VG4Xj95xnn0wU5bN/Dapi 0G5CMGBNRxcg8+cpn7oQybmoqKP8Ckc0ECXo9AndaiiyNZCDIowHqEw4l7ldjIfA MqUldkeB+2EP3kSLH5Jqo8bjWwiNbKQdSpFRUSbYC5IZiXP/WsiMPQzkplKdVACA JW8I3ulNdnOl89YRdVVSFg==; X_CMAE_Category: , , X-CNFS-Analysis: v=2.3 cv=KP4k82No c=1 sm=1 tr=0 cx=a_idp_x a=9TgA2UwI6Wy+6BV4wQM/cQ==:117 a=9TgA2UwI6Wy+6BV4wQM/cQ==:17 a=KGjhK52YXX0A:10 a=kj9zAlcOel0A:10 a=XRQyMpdBKAEA:10 a=nNwsprhYR40A:10 a=48faUk6PgeAA:10 a=orZH6rI4n-dQcUpBBL8A:9 a=CjuIK1q_8ugA:10 X-CM-Score: 0 X-Scanned-by: Cloudmark Authority Engine X-Authed-Username: cm9iZXJ0aHVmZkByY24uY29t Received: from [209.6.230.48] ([209.6.230.48:22384] helo=jerusalem.litteratus.org.litteratus.org) by smtp.rcn.com (envelope-from ) (ecelerity 3.6.25.56547 r(Core:3.6.25.0)) with ESMTPSA (cipher=AES256-GCM-SHA384) id E6/77-26784-46992CF5; Sat, 28 Nov 2020 13:39:32 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <24514.39267.505671.863940@jerusalem.litteratus.org> Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2020 13:39:31 -0500 From: Robert Huff To: questions@freebsd.org CC: Jan Stary Subject: auto partitioning In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: VM 8.2.0b under 27.1 (amd64-portbld-freebsd13.0) X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4Ck0dx3s1mz4cxD X-Spamd-Bar: --- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=rcn.com header.s=20180516 header.b=N7FA6QHF; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=rcn.com; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of roberthuff@rcn.com designates 69.168.97.78 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=roberthuff@rcn.com X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-3.09 / 15.00]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; TO_DN_SOME(0.00)[]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip4:69.168.97.0/24]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[rcn.com:+]; RCPT_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[rcn.com,none]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.99)[-0.991]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW(-0.10)[69.168.97.78:from]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; RBL_DBL_DONT_QUERY_IPS(0.00)[69.168.97.78:from]; INTRODUCTION(2.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:36271, ipnet:69.168.97.0/24, country:US]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[rcn.com:s=20180516]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; DWL_DNSWL_LOW(-1.00)[rcn.com:dkim]; SPAMHAUS_ZRD(0.00)[69.168.97.78:from:127.0.2.255]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; RWL_MAILSPIKE_POSSIBLE(0.00)[69.168.97.78:from]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[]; MAILMAN_DEST(0.00)[questions] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2020 18:39:34 -0000 Jan Stary writes; > I tried installing FreeBSD (12.2 release, amd64) on one of my > laptops (after years of using OpenBSD almost exclusively, so > please bare with me). Full dmesg below. > > Taking the easy way, I opted for the auto partitioning in the > installer, which apparently creates one huge partition spanning > the whole disk. > > Filesystem Size Used Avail Capacity Mounted on > /dev/ada0s1a 285G 7.1G 255G 3% / > devfs 1.0K 1.0K 0B 100% /dev > > Is that intended? I got used to separating /usr, /var/, /tmp and > /home for various reasons. Is one big partition the preferred way > to do things in FreeBSD? Short answer: you asked for the easy way; you got the easy way. My guess is anything else involves variables and decisions that are - and probably should remain - beyond the scope of the installer. I haven't done "the easy way" since version 3, if not earlier. But I can explain why, and I'm willing to put in the time. Respectfully, Robert Huff -- Hello ... my name is SARS-CoV-2. You are not wearing a mask? Prepare to die!