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Subject: Re: Slices
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Sasa Stupar wrote:

>
>
> --On 12. december 2005 19:29 -0500 Jerry McAllister 
> <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu> wrote:
>
>>>
>>> On Mon, 12 Dec 2005 12:40:40 -0600
>>> Kevin Kinsey <kdk@daleco.biz> wrote:
>>>
>>> > Sasa Stupar wrote:
>>> >
>>> > > You can also do the same as I did. I have just configured one slice
>>> > > named / which
>>> > > takes all the space on hdd and now I don't need to worry about
>>> > > space shortage.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > OK then, but suppose we have some runaway process
>>
>>
>> The main two reasons for dividing up your FreeBSD disk in to partitions
>> rather than making just one big partition are to reduce the threat of
>> runaway processes and to manage backup and restore sizes.
>>
>> Think those things out to meet your needs and resources.
>>
>> ////jerry
>>
>
> OK. But then what would be ideal slice size for /, /var, /usr, /boot?
>

A word of probable caution (though I stand ready to be corrected): 

        FreeBSD isn't like Linux in the fact that it expects /boot to be
in / (the 'a' slice of whatever disk the bootmgr has been instructed
to use)... so a seperate /boot will likely get you in trouble....

       I don't *think* I'm wrong on this; search the list archives for
a discussion of this within the last 60 days or so.  If I *am* wrong,
perhaps someone with more Unix-fu (well, spefically FBSD-fu) can
give a more correct explanation of the funny idea in the back of my head....

Kevin Kinsey

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