Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 19:22:54 +0100 (BST) From: Vince Hoffman <jhary@unsane.co.uk> To: Terry <adminf@yummysoup.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 5.x /usr Partitioning advice Message-ID: <20040818191841.P36304@unsane.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <2001.192.168.0.123.1092850098.squirrel@webmail.yummysoup.com> References: <2001.192.168.0.123.1092850098.squirrel@webmail.yummysoup.com>
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On Wed, 18 Aug 2004, Terry wrote: > I'm planning on making two partions for data found on /usr: > > /usr2 which holds ports, src, and obj; and > /usr which holds everything else. > > the /usr2 directories would be symlinked to /usr. > > The reason I want to do this is because I have a different backup strategy > for the contents of /usr vs. /usr2. (I.e., if there's a disk failure, I > can get up-and-running fast without restoring (a recent) /usr2, and can > fully rebuild /usr2 with cvsup + make). > > One directory I wasn't sure about was /usr/src. How important is it to > back up? The only crucial thing in /usr/src that comes to mind is my > kernel conf (in /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/). I'm planning on either keeping > that directory on /usr or scripting it to be copied periodically so that > it's regularly backed up. > > Is there anything else in /usr/src I should concern myself with? (I > recall having had to download custom source patches for certain > semi-supported devices, and sometimes these would be good to back up more > frequently. However, a cvsup of /usr/src would stomp over those > customizations anyway (or might render them unneeded), so I think those > should be backed up in a different manner than via a dump of /usr/src. > Does that make sense?) Other than what you have already mentioned then no not realy. By the way I (and i think it suggests in the handbook to) keep my kernel config in a subdirectory of my home directory and just symlink it to /usr/src/i386/conf as i have been know to blow away the entire /usr/src directory occasionaly. > > > Does this stretegy sound at all intelligent? Is there anything else I > should consider? > > > Notes: > - my /home is on its own partition (not on /usr) for its own backup schedule > - I'm using dump/restore for backups > - This is a FreeBSD 5.2.1 system > - I'm planning on making /usr 4G, and /usr2 6G. Does that sound sane? > (I'm making /usr2 larger than I initially planned, but having recently > built /usr/ports/java/jdk14 which requires 1.7G of working space alone, > this size seems reasonable.) > - For now, these partitions will be on the same physical ATA drive. > - This machine will be a general-purpose server (mail, web, samba, shell, > etc.) -- i.e., not an X workstation > > > I know partitioning schemes have been covered many times over and that the > ideal setup depends on individual needs. However, my searches haven't > revealed any specific information for my objectives, so hopefully this > question isn't redundant. > > > -- > terry > _______________________________________________ > 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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