From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 16 00:10:19 2009 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 C9361106568D for ; Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:10:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: from aristotle.thought.org (ns1.thought.org [209.180.213.210]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A86A8FC0C for ; Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:10:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from thought.org (tao.thought.org [10.47.0.250]) (authenticated bits=0) by aristotle.thought.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id nAG0ACTw015184; Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:10:12 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: by thought.org (nbSMTP-1.00) for uid 1002 kline@thought.org; Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:10:14 -0800 (PST) Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:10:14 -0800 From: Gary Kline To: David Rawling Message-ID: <20091116001014.GA11539@thought.org> References: <20091115090300.GA8859@thought.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. X-Of_Interest: With 23 years of service to the Unix community. X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.4 required=3.6 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.2.3 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.3 (2007-08-08) on aristotle.thought.org Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: how to do a custom install? 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: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:10:19 -0000 On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 08:59:32PM +1100, David Rawling wrote: > -----Original Message----- > From: Gary Kline > Sent: Sun 15/11/2009 8:03 PM > > > due to strange disk problems i was down for around 30 hours. i am > currently wiping dos/win off in favor of 7.2-R and i have a question > about doing a "custom" install that would let me slice the drive into > more that four pieces. > > i am building, by default, > > /, > /var > SWAP, and > /usr > > it has been years since my custom install where [[*some*]] technique > let me slice something like, say, > > /, > /var, > /tmp, > /usr/local/ > SWAP, and > /usr > > anybody remember what keys to hit in the installation procedure? > > tia, > > gary > > I can't say that I remember the keystrokes, but you can have multiple disk slices (aka Windows/DOS partitions) and within each slice, multiple BSD partitions (IIRC up to 8). > > I have mine partitioned into (generally) > > / - 1GB > swap - 2x - 4x RAM > /tmp - 4GB > /var - 20GB > /usr - 40% > /backup - remainder > > I use the whole disk for BSD (single slice) and create the partitions as whatever size suits. > > Dave. yeah, i kinda, sorta remember now. you type "A" for the entire drive, then keep slicing off pieces. hmm, i think once i did that and got a big, fat X for the 5th one.... maybe i didn't enter the "A" that time. just for the heck of it, i'll retry, tx, gary > -- > David Rawling > PD Consulting And Security > Email: djr@pdconsec.net > -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org The 7.31a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org/index.php