Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2002 20:44:36 -0500 (EST) From: Josh Blanchard <joshb@pathwaynet.com> To: Troy <tdrake@myrealbox.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Best way to install on 540MB HD Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0201082042220.18081-100000@uruguay.pathwaynet.com> In-Reply-To: <3C3B9668.682F02FC@myrealbox.com>
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On Tue, 8 Jan 2002, Troy wrote: > Hi guys, > I'm helping a friend install 4.4-R on his old machine and need to know > what would be good sizes for the slices. I was thinking about a 35MB /, > 64MB swap, 5MB /var and the rest to /usr. Does this sound OK? Will the > "Standard" installation fit OK? The machine is a old Pentium with 16MB > of RAM. Any suggestions would be great, thanks. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > My suggestion would be to make a /var of about 50MB and then a / with the remaining 490MB. This will prevent some log file or the like from growing out of control and taking up all available space, but still allow maximum use of the remaining space. This may not be the best way, but it's what popped into my head first. -- Josh Blanchard GUIs are like diapers, everyone grows out of them. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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