From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 16 19:59:06 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0F44516A416 for ; Sun, 16 Apr 2006 19:59:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brendan@grossman.id.au) Received: from porsche.brendan.id.au (219-90-174-213.ip.adam.com.au [219.90.174.213]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C8ADE43D46 for ; Sun, 16 Apr 2006 19:59:04 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from brendan@grossman.id.au) Received: from dvditnb1 (mint.brendan.local [192.168.2.10]) by porsche.brendan.id.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB69B28454 for ; Mon, 17 Apr 2006 05:29:03 +0930 (CST) From: "Brendan Grossman" To: Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2006 05:29:11 +0930 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.5510 Thread-Index: AcZhjmCQxcoyqHhaSgionz4KRa/v0wAAOqQg X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 In-Reply-To: <7.0.1.0.2.20060416124425.09d66aa0@antimatter.net> Message-Id: <20060416195903.BB69B28454@porsche.brendan.id.au> Subject: RE: /boot at beginning of drive 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, 16 Apr 2006 19:59:06 -0000 > -----Original Message----- > From: Glenn Dawson [mailto:glenn@antimatter.net] > Sent: Monday, 17 April 2006 5:16 AM > To: Brendan Grossman; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: /boot at beginning of drive > > /boot has to be in the / file system. > > There's a rather lengthy thread about this a few months back > if you search the archives. Think I found it... http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/htdig/freebsd-questions/2005-July/092614.ht ml That's not good then. I'm setting up a system with many users, who will need access to /var and their /home. They will have quotas, so data in /var + data in /home must be less than their quota. Obviously it's not a good idea to create separate /var and /home partitions as for example, if say /var filled up, the user won't be able to write to it, even though they are "allowed" to since their quota hasn't been reached. Hmmm... Does /boot have to be in the first 1024 cylinders still? I could adjust my scheme as such: swap 1gb /tmp 500mb (mounted noexec,nosuid) / remainder Will this cause any dramas? Cheers Brendan