Date: Wed, 01 Jan 1997 00:36:44 -0600 From: John Lengeling <johnl@raccoon.com> To: Fadi Sodah <sodah@qatar.net.qa> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: partition Message-ID: <32CA05FC.402DFB92@raccoon.com> References: <373B1CA5.ACBD20D5@qatar.net.qa>
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It might also help to know what the machine will be used for. Mail server, printer server, workstation, samba server, NAT/firewall box. I use different partition sizes depending on it's use. But generally for large drives (>=4G) / - 64M-256M (max) swap - 2 x RAM, or if I might be installing more ram later, 2 x future RAM size, This is so I don't have to repartition the drive after I increase the RAM. Drives are cheap. /var - 128M minimum. Larger for mail servers, large tmp files, print servers (1-2G) /usr - 512M I put the rest of the storage into an /opt partition. /opt - rest of drive. Some people just put the rest of the space into /usr. I like to separate /usr files which will be upgrade during a system upgrade from my data files like home directories, samba drives, etc. johnl Fadi Sodah wrote: > > Hi, > > My machine has: > CPU: PII 400 > RAM: 2 x 128MB SDRAM PC100 ECC > HDD: IBM 10.1 GB HDD > > What's an acceptable partition size for > / <...>MB > SWAP <...>MB > /var <...>MB > /usr <...>MB > > Thanks. > > -pons > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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