From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Nov 17 14:58:54 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id OAA22354 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 17 Nov 1997 14:58:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers) Received: from d198-232.uoregon.edu (d198-232.uoregon.edu [128.223.198.232]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id OAA22338 for ; Mon, 17 Nov 1997 14:58:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mini@d198-232.uoregon.edu) Received: (from mini@localhost) by d198-232.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) id OAA23587; Mon, 17 Nov 1997 14:58:28 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <19971117145827.11042@micron.mini.net> Date: Mon, 17 Nov 1997 14:58:27 -0800 From: Jonathan Mini To: Mark Mayo Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Partitioning suggestions? Reply-To: Jonathan Mini References: <19971117172204.06768@vmunix.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88e In-Reply-To: <19971117172204.06768@vmunix.com>; from Mark Mayo on Mon, Nov 17, 1997 at 05:22:04PM -0500 X-files: The Truth is Out There Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Mark Mayo stands accused of saying: > [ ... snip ... ] > I'm thinking something like this: > > Mount FS Size > -------------------- > / UFS 50M > swap 128M > /tmp UFS 80M (nosuid) > /var UFS 65M > /usr UFS 2.5G > /srcs UFS 1G > /home UFS the rest Were I you, I'd merge the /tmp filesystem into swap, and then mount your /tmp via MFS. You will notice much better performance on /tmp. Also, personally, I always use a 32M root, especially when I have a /var filesystem, and have never had space problems with root. > [ ... snip ... ] -- Jonathan Mini Ingenious Productions Software Development P.O. Box 5693, Eugene, Or. 97405 "A child of five could understand this! Quick -- Fetch me a child of five."