From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 18 21:00:30 2004 Return-Path: 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 47A0816A4CF for ; Wed, 18 Aug 2004 21:00:30 +0000 (GMT) Received: from lists.freedombi.com (idealso.com [207.179.98.220]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C150F43D1F for ; Wed, 18 Aug 2004 21:00:29 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from charles@idealso.com) Received: by lists.freedombi.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 6F0BB7258C; Wed, 18 Aug 2004 17:00:20 -0400 (EDT) Received: from freedombi.com (localhost [192.168.10.108]) by lists.freedombi.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 7E90F72488; Wed, 18 Aug 2004 17:00:17 -0400 (EDT) Received: from 24.11.146.21 (SquirrelMail authenticated user charles) by freedombi.com with HTTP; Wed, 18 Aug 2004 17:00:17 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <55482.24.11.146.21.1092862817.squirrel@freedombi.com> In-Reply-To: <20040818191841.P36304@unsane.co.uk> References: <2001.192.168.0.123.1092850098.squirrel@webmail.yummysoup.com> <20040818191841.P36304@unsane.co.uk> Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 17:00:17 -0400 (EDT) From: "Charles Ulrich" To: "Vince Hoffman" User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 Importance: Normal X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on freedombi.com X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-3.7 required=7.0 tests=BAYES_00,PRIORITY_NO_NAME autolearn=no version=2.63 cc: Terry cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 5.x /usr Partitioning advice X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 21:00:30 -0000 Vince Hoffman said: > 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. That is a great idea, of course, until you accidently blow away your home directory like I did recently. :P There are two files now that I always keep squirreled away somewhere safe: XF86Config the the kernel config. I'm thinking of putting my configuration files (and perhaps home directory) into subversion at some point in the distant future for additional protection and safe-keeping. -- Charles Ulrich System Administrator Ideal Solution - http://www.idealso.com