From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 20 05:38:25 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F1682172DCF for ; Tue, 20 Feb 2007 05:38:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jvender@owensboro.net) Received: from zoot.cinergycom.net (zoot.cinergycom.net [216.135.3.11]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CBD6A13C474 for ; Tue, 20 Feb 2007 05:38:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jvender@owensboro.net) Received: from kntpin04-nas-03-s210.cinergycom.net ([216.135.25.210]) by zoot.cinergycom.net with esmtpa (Exim 4.52) id 1HJNho-0007ZJ-GY; Mon, 19 Feb 2007 23:38:25 -0600 From: Joe Vender To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2007 23:37:12 -0600 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200702192337.13712.jvender@owensboro.net> X-CCC-Authenticated: jvender@owensboro.net zoot.cinergycom.net 216.135.25.210 20070220053825Z 98d3ce5443fc7d4b82df601199ab9f96 X-CCC-Cleanmail-Virus-Signature: 55ab02d59cfbe3518b0bbef6a89bb769 Subject: Best partitioning scheme for my HDD? Please advise. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 05:38:26 -0000 I have a 6120MB HDD which will be dedicated to FreeBSD 6.2. I intend to install the ports collection and also KDE. I will operate from the KDE environment using FreeBSD as a standalone desktop machine connected to the net via a dialup internet connection. What would be the best sizes for the disk partitions so that I don't run out of space on any of them while also leaving the maximum amount of space possible for the future software to be installed? My partitions will be: / swap /var /tmp /usr as suggested using the auto option during slice creation. I've found that if I use the default sizes that are chosen by the installer using the auto option, the /usr partition fills up before everything is installed and the installation fails. If I remember correctly, the auto feature sets the sizes around the following sizes for my HDD: / ~500MB swap ~600MB /var ~1300MB /tmp ~ 500MB /usr ~3GB I've played around with the sizes, reducing /var to around 350Mb, / to around 256Mb, and /tmp to around 256Mb leaving the space gained to /usr. In this way, I got FreeBSD installed OK, but I'm considering installing it for a final time and using it exclusively for my desktop after testing various linuxes and FreeBSD and comparing them. So, I would like to get the sizes of FreeBSD's slices optimized. I'm sure there are plenty of people in the user community with a similar usage/size situation who can advise me. Thanks, Joe