From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 18 01:23:03 2012 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 5E9AA106564A for ; Sat, 18 Feb 2012 01:23:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@herveybayaustralia.com.au) Received: from mail.unitedinsong.com.au (mail.unitedinsong.com.au [150.101.178.33]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0DF868FC0A for ; Sat, 18 Feb 2012 01:23:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.unitedinsong.com.au (bell.herveybayaustralia.com.au [192.168.0.40]) by mail.unitedinsong.com.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E6D75C28 for ; Sat, 18 Feb 2012 11:36:28 +1000 (EST) Received: from laptop1.herveybayaustralia.com.au (laptop1.herveybayaustralia.com.au [192.168.0.177]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.unitedinsong.com.au (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 1130D5C22 for ; Sat, 18 Feb 2012 11:36:28 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <4F3EFC57.5020904@herveybayaustralia.com.au> Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2012 11:18:15 +1000 From: Da Rock User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20111109 Thunderbird/7.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <4F3ECF23.5000706@fisglobal.com> <20120217234623.cf7e169c.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: One or Four? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2012 01:23:03 -0000 On 02/18/12 11:17, David Brodbeck wrote: > On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 3:49 PM, Chris Hill wrote: >>> Why not add a selection to the installer, something like >>> this: >>> >>> Partition scheme >>> ---------------- >>> >>> [ ] all in one + swap >>> Create one partition containing all subtrees >>> plus one swap partition. >>> >>> [ ] separate partitioning + swap >>> Create /, /var, /tmp and /usr (including home) >>> partitions plus one swap partition. >>> >>> [ ] user-defined >>> Make your own partitioning selection manually. >>> >>> Of course, the default SIZES for second choice should be >>> reasonable. >> >> I like it. This, or something very similar, seems to me like the best way to >> go. >> >> I am not a professional sysadmin, but have been using FreeBSD since 2.2.6. >> FWIW, I prefer the multi-partition approach for all the reasons already >> mentioned. > I used to...I found it tended to result in more administration load > later, though, because the automated installer's (or my own!) guesses > for partition size are rarely entirely adequate. Then you end up > slapping in another disk, backing up and repartitioning, or > maintaining a symlink farm... > > The default 512 MB root partition was always a particular pain point. > It's completely inadequate if you ever try to build a custom kernel > and want the option of falling back to the old one. It makes > distribution upgrades nearly impossible. This has been fixed for some time now. The default for / (specifically to fit 2 kernels and some) is now 1G. /var is now 4G. > > Nowadays I tend to either use one big root or just root and home for > desktops. (having a separate home directory *is* nice for upgrades, > sometimes, but again you gotta guess right...) For servers I will > additionally split off /var, to limit the damage if logging runs amok.