From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 5 03:11:04 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 47E53106566C for ; Sun, 5 Jun 2011 03:11:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsimmons0@gmail.com) Received: from mail-yx0-f182.google.com (mail-yx0-f182.google.com [209.85.213.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0561C8FC0A for ; Sun, 5 Jun 2011 03:11:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: by yxd30 with SMTP id 30so457513yxd.13 for ; Sat, 04 Jun 2011 20:11:03 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=dU9z/ehntvAdwOS/P+joZUlGWYMLl0QAHMkBJCVth9U=; b=UrthBLxR4bHXmBk1UBAmBqDqsFoGCPDH/Pm04nRLY+MQVFLxYD14CSgBfGTBO+q9L0 eR1998qkiuDaBHAcDXY9+ILeQs22mYEBv/N2ZYKihhe7Nohn4/d6/PUkQWNQgbggT5pG U9Xuf1fU7v5sC8PiKodM76sv0v/ZK7qfFUrog= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; b=p7zNy3CG3+38MpKubSNpmdHh4FaGzJ6VnFvAHaF9asXgRW+wCHSNh56MdO6Vz5AYDr zTp5NQJf+Xb5SC3I4uMBL2zmzaplxfvnJjNgwVyIpb99kynlNQqPtm1fw5juMOW8voGD JJoyR2sGbF9bBK9X4hNZff6dbQhuu4VDRcTP0= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.100.28.24 with SMTP id b24mr2593459anb.168.1307243462466; Sat, 04 Jun 2011 20:11:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.100.227.17 with HTTP; Sat, 4 Jun 2011 20:11:02 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <4DEAAE54.1050508@locolomo.org> Date: Sat, 4 Jun 2011 23:11:02 -0400 Message-ID: From: Robert Simmons To: questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: Subject: Re: Partitioning with gpart or old style slices? 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: Sun, 05 Jun 2011 03:11:04 -0000 On Sat, Jun 4, 2011 at 10:43 PM, Warren Block wrote: > There's a sample in the second half of my disk setup article: > > http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/disksetup.html Looks good. I have a few critiques: 1) Linux and FreeBSD do not have alignment requirements, as far as I know. So you may want to include a note about this when you say "Create partition for /. It should start at the 1M boundary for alignment on 4K sector drives, or 2048 blocks:" This would only be necessary for dual-boot with an OS that has alignment requirements such as windows. This would essentially be the difference between the two old methods of dedicated and not. 2) Perhaps add a note about softupdates (-U) for partitions other than / when you describe the newfs steps. 3) I like to put /root in its own partition on the off chance that it fills up. That way it's in a little sandbox and does not fill /. But this is personal preference, I guess. I think your article would be a good place to start for making an updated section in the handbook.