From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Oct 16 13:48:16 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA10664 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 16 Oct 1998 13:48:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.144.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA10594 for ; Fri, 16 Oct 1998 13:47:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA20763; Fri, 16 Oct 1998 13:47:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1998 13:47:28 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: John Sconiers cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: File system layout In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 15 Oct 1998, John Sconiers wrote: > I would like to gain > perspectives on slicing > up hard drive space. > IE How much space for > /user / etc...... It depends on your usage. You can partition stuff however you like; you don't have to at all, you can create a giant / if you want to. Partitioning is more of a convenience, esp. when you want to do backups. When you partition multiple disks, though, stick some swap on both; it'll increase your swap performance. Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message