Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 20:06:24 +0300 From: Odhiambo Washington <vedette@iconnect.co.ke> To: FreeBSD-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Partitioning Message-ID: <20000810200624.A48219@siafu.iconnect.co.ke> In-Reply-To: <20000810123939.21518.qmail@web106.yahoomail.com>; from Tad Marko on Thu, Aug 10, 2000 at 05:39:39AM -0700 References: <20000810123939.21518.qmail@web106.yahoomail.com>
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I am having a wks that I use for tests also. I use the second partition of my 4.1GB disk (it is 2.1GB) and I divided it like this / = 250MB /var = 400MB swap = 360MN /usr = 1100MB The current usage is as follows: Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Avail Capacity Mounted on /dev/ad0s2a 248047 33174 195030 15% / /dev/ad0s2f 1091765 540148 464276 54% /usr /dev/ad0s2e 396895 6137 359007 2% /var /dev/ad0s1 2048000 1770336 277664 86% /win procfs 4 4 0 100% /proc Depending on the ports you are gonna install (and I guess you'll do most of them, even full src and contrib src, I suggest you use your larger disk and allocate as much space as possible to /usr ;-) /usr will determine the amount that you can take in terms of space usage, together with your pals.... Do not use AUTO.. Regards Wash Thus spake Tad Marko (txtad@yahoo.com): > Hello, > > I'm sure this is not a new question by any means, but can anyone give > me any suggestions on how to partition a new FreeBSD system? My system > has a 1.4GB and an 8GB HD. My intended use is mostly just learning > FreeBSD but also some light development. Several friends will be > accessing the box remotely as well. > > The auto option on the installer suggests: > > disk 1 > > / - 50 MB > swap - 260 MB > /var - 20 MB (this CAN'T be big enough!) > /usr - balance, about 1200 MB > > disk 2 > > no automatic suggestion. > > I'm thinking of a 2GB /home on drive 2, a large /var somewhere (or do I > want a small var and links for space?), but I really don't have enough > UNIX experience to have a good feel for what works. > > All help is appreciated! > > Thanks! > > Tad > > ===== > It's tough being libertarian. Liberals think you're a > conservative, conservatives think you're a liberal. > > This isn't my real email address. I only use this one > when I need web access to mail. You can reply to this > note here, but my real email address is tad@earthling.net > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Kick off your party with Yahoo! Invites. > http://invites.yahoo.com/ > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Odhiambo Washington Systems Administrator Inter-Connect Ltd. 3rd Flr The Chancery Valley Rd PO Box 39519 Nairobi Tel: 254 2 711140 Fax: 254 2 718418 I feel that the greatest reward for doing is the opportunity to do more. -Dr. Jonas Salk To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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