Date: Wed, 11 May 2005 17:40:31 +0100 From: freebsd.org@donnacha.com To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu> Subject: Re: I need further HDD advice before submitting order. Message-ID: <4282357F.40901@donnacha.com> In-Reply-To: <200505111600.j4BG0vTA009137@clunix.cl.msu.edu> References: <200505111600.j4BG0vTA009137@clunix.cl.msu.edu>
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Jerry, thank you so much. > Make a file system out of the 'unallocated' space now even if you don't > decide on a mount point or use until later. Does it matter what I call that file system i.e. can I change it easily later on from the command line? Can I just call the free space on the 1st HDD /freea, and on the 2nd /freeb ? And should I be dividing each into more than just one file system? > I don't know what you expect to put in all that /usr space if you > also have a /home and a /local (which would be /usr/local in reality). > But, there is no harm. Thanks, I'll bump both /usr and /local down to 10GB each, increasing the free space from 40 to 50GB. > The system uses swap space for its business regardless of how much ram > you have - even if it is not forced to swap to have enough space. > It uses it for paging as well as swap too. Thanks, didn't think of that. Am I right to assume that paging isn't massively intensive? And that it's still a good idea to have all the swap on the 1st HDD (as opposed to split between the two) because it will be balanced out anyway by tmp, home and var on the 2nd HDD. > That should be plenty for /tmp Okay, so, my provisional setup at the moment is: P4 2.8Mhz FSB 533, 2GB RAM 80GB HDD IDE: / = 1GB /usr = 10GB /local = 10GB Swap = 4GB /freea = 50GB 200GB HDD IDE: /tmp = 2GB (is that enough?) /home = 28GB /var = 100GB (will inclube the forum databases etc) /freeb = 70GB How does that sound? Again, I would be very grateful for any and all advice and opinions. Thanks, Donnacha > ////jerry > > > >>I decided not to use GPT because, although it sounds great, it seems a >>little complicated for a newbie like me. >> >>Apologies for seeking your help once again, I just need to get this >>straight before submitting the order, I would be very grateful for any >>and all advice. >> >>Thanks, >> >>Donnacha >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >>http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >>To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> > >
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