From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Feb 6 3:46:43 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from outside.albsmeier.net (outside.albsmeier.net [212.125.105.28]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C82E37B41F for ; Wed, 6 Feb 2002 03:46:37 -0800 (PST) Received: from schlappy.albsmeier.net (sshmail@localhost) by outside.albsmeier.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g16BjwU69343; Wed, 6 Feb 2002 12:46:01 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from andre@albsmeier.net) Received: (from andre@localhost) by schlappy.albsmeier.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g15DOf308752; Tue, 5 Feb 2002 14:24:41 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from andre) Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2002 14:24:41 +0100 From: Andre Albsmeier To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: Michael E Mercer Subject: Re: three questions regarding hard drives... Message-ID: <20020205142441.A8718@schlappy.albsmeier.net> References: <3C4C9F10.FBD0B1F@nc.rr.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <3C4C9F10.FBD0B1F@nc.rr.com>; from mmercer@nc.rr.com on Mon, Jan 21, 2002 at 06:06:56PM -0500 X-Echelon: BND CIA NSA Mossad KGB MI6 IRA detonator nuclear assault strike Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 21-Jan-2002 at 18:06:56 -0500, Michael E Mercer wrote: > Hello all, > > I am thinking of buying an 80 G HD to replace the two 8 G HDs that > I am using for Freebsd. > > First question: Is 80 too big for FreeBSD? Should I use a smaller HD? What is > the maximum > size for a HD that FreeBSD can use? OK OK, three questions in one, but anyone > that has taken > a physics test should be used to this. :P I have installed two 80GB Seagate IDE drives in the box where I put my backups on. I was lucky and could get the slower versions (called something like 8000020 or similar) which stay cooler and quieter than the newer ones (8000021 or similar). They work perfectly. -Andre > > Second question: What is your recommendation for partitioning? I know this is > entirely > a personal opinion, however maybe things have changed since I last setup my > current system. > > Third question: How do I migrate all the data from my two Hard Drives to the > one? I am sure > I could find this information on the web, but thought I would take a chance and > ask anyway. > > Thanks > Michael Mercer > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message