Date: Tue, 2 Jul 1996 09:05:07 -0700 (PDT) From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb> To: jgreco@brasil.moneng.mei.com (Joe Greco) Cc: root@friday.keanesea.com, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What is the best way to setup a drive Message-ID: <199607021605.JAA18519@freefall.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <199607021449.JAA16959@brasil.moneng.mei.com> from "Joe Greco" at Jul 2, 96 09:49:37 am
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Joe Greco wrote: > > I usually partition disks in the following way. > > 40M / > 60M swap (unless you expect to run a lot of progs, then 160 or 260M) > 80M /usr > 100M /usr/local (unless you expect to have a lot of progs, then 200M or 300M) > 120M /var (more if you plan to have a LOT of mail in mailboxes) > 140M /var/spool (if you plan on doing lots of mail or UUCP _ONLY_ otherwise > don't bother with this partition) > > Split the rest between /usr/src and /home, as needed... > > This has the advantage of being quick, easy, and generally chops up a 540M > root disk pretty well. > > Disadvantages: you'll probably have to put X11 someplace else (I usually > choose /usr/local and make a symlink), and there isn't enough space for > /usr/obj if you are doing a world build. add a separate partition for /tmp and you *might be* well on your way to being able to mount / read-only. jmb -- Jonathan M. Bresler FreeBSD Postmaster jmb@FreeBSD.ORG FreeBSD--4.4BSD Unix for PC clones, source included. http://www.freebsd.org/ PGP 2.6.2 Fingerprint: 31 57 41 56 06 C1 40 13 C5 1C E3 E5 DC 62 0E FB
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