From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 14 18:55:36 2011 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 4E660106566B for ; Wed, 14 Sep 2011 18:55:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (smtp6.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:2001:8b0:151:1:3fd3:cd67:fafa:3d78]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC1E28FC12 for ; Wed, 14 Sep 2011 18:55:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from seedling.black-earth.co.uk (seedling.black-earth.co.uk [81.187.76.163]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id p8EItVHt039061 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 14 Sep 2011 19:55:32 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) X-DKIM: Sendmail DKIM Filter v2.8.3 smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk p8EItVHt039061 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=infracaninophile.co.uk; s=201001-infracaninophile; t=1316026532; bh=QdBIJlYwfBkEWhWRtXTq55QNsP+MPE8lekUUbwgx/3Q=; h=Message-ID:Date:From:MIME-Version:To:CC:Subject:References: In-Reply-To:Content-Type:Cc:Content-Type:Date:From:In-Reply-To: Message-ID:Mime-Version:References:To; z=Message-ID:=20<4E70F8A3.4010700@infracaninophile.co.uk>|Date:=20W ed,=2014=20Sep=202011=2019:55:31=20+0100|From:=20Matthew=20Seaman= 20|User-Agent:=20Mozilla/5.0=20(M acintosh=3B=20Intel=20Mac=20OS=20X=2010.6=3B=20rv:6.0.2)=20Gecko/2 0110902=20Thunderbird/6.0.2|MIME-Version:=201.0|To:=20freebsd-ques tions@freebsd.org|CC:=20Chuck=20Swiger=20,=20Jona than=20Vomacka=20|Subject:=20Re:=20FreeBSD=208. 2=20Partition=20Sizing=20question|References:=20<4E70F1FA.1040407@ gmail.com>=20<957E5375-556A-4145-9508-4354B31DCB25@mac.com>|In-Rep ly-To:=20<957E5375-556A-4145-9508-4354B31DCB25@mac.com>|X-Enigmail -Version:=201.3.1|OpenPGP:=20id=3D60AE908C|Content-Type:=20multipa rt/signed=3B=20micalg=3Dpgp-sha1=3B=0D=0A=20protocol=3D"applicatio n/pgp-signature"=3B=0D=0A=20boundary=3D"------------enig4E5912762F BC4D3781E83DC7"; b=p7HkeY7Yjk4SVMnvaK2nhN1D97v6IwZaIXnatNuN+LJxPKhF/K5Q3v7gWB5IUFaPl S9epvqtWkhHYH2Jqu34vKHT7X8f6I+iXpqgyfLY3oUlL3dfAjWVldCOPkzkUMCYYxj TFDfEMT4ZJYMHbUcZG1yVD9Dbquvay/HjAvsZ//k= Message-ID: <4E70F8A3.4010700@infracaninophile.co.uk> Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2011 19:55:31 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; rv:6.0.2) Gecko/20110902 Thunderbird/6.0.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <4E70F1FA.1040407@gmail.com> <957E5375-556A-4145-9508-4354B31DCB25@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <957E5375-556A-4145-9508-4354B31DCB25@mac.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.3.1 OpenPGP: id=60AE908C Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig4E5912762FBC4D3781E83DC7" X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.97.2 at lucid-nonsense.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_20,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on lucid-nonsense.infracaninophile.co.uk Cc: Jonathan Vomacka Subject: Re: FreeBSD 8.2 Partition Sizing question 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: Wed, 14 Sep 2011 18:55:36 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig4E5912762FBC4D3781E83DC7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 14/09/2011 19:31, Chuck Swiger wrote: > On Sep 14, 2011, at 11:27 AM, Jonathan Vomacka wrote: >>> In regards to partitioning, I have a question regarding a "rumor" >>> that has been told to me by various different linux experts, and >>> I wanted to confirm if this also takes place with FreeBSD Unix. >>> In the past, I have always had the root filesystem (/) and the >>> /usr filesystem all on seperate partitions. I was told that >>> having /usr on a seperate partition is an "old" way of doing >>> things and actually causes issues when /usr is mounted separately >>> from root (/). Does this play true in FreeBSD or is that thought >>> process nonsense? I was told to create a larger root filesystem >>> and NOT create usr seperately as /usr will mount off the root >>> filesystem anyway. Will there be any issues by having /usr on a >>> separate partition then root? I will like to know any opinions on >>> this, as well as suggestions based on how other FreeBSD guru's >>> have their server setups. > There is nothing wrong with having / and /usr on separate partitions; > in fact, there are some mild advantages to fine-grained partitioning > for folks who pay attention to their filesystem space usage. > However, there is nothing wrong with a single root partition (well, > and swap partition), either. Use ZFS and you can put / and /usr on different filesystems (zfses), without any need to worry about not having made any of those filesystems big enough. (Since all the free space is held in common for all of the zfses on the same zpool.) The best of both worlds. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate JID: matthew@infracaninophile.co.uk Kent, CT11 9PW --------------enig4E5912762FBC4D3781E83DC7 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.16 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk5w+KMACgkQ8Mjk52CukIx6VACfe/zLZRWf0Lvli3nVQqFJoRWQ hUsAnjhhAUnRHrZIWPwXTy4JU/fcc3bm =6TM8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig4E5912762FBC4D3781E83DC7--