From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 5 20:46:02 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A5B8416A4CE for ; Sat, 5 Jun 2004 20:46:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dsl-mail.kamp.net (mail.kamp-dsl.de [195.62.99.42]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8EDEC43D46 for ; Sat, 5 Jun 2004 20:46:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from root@pukruppa.de) Received: (qmail 16981 invoked by uid 513); 6 Jun 2004 03:48:52 -0000 Received: from root@pukruppa.de by dsl-mail by uid 89 with qmail-scanner-1.21 Clear:RC:1(213.146.114.24):SA:0(-4.9/5.0):. Processed in 0.461958 secs); 06 Jun 2004 03:48:52 -0000 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.9 required=5.0 Received: from unknown (HELO reverse-213-146-114-24.dialin.kamp-dsl.de) (213.146.114.24) by dsl-mail.kamp.net with SMTP; 6 Jun 2004 03:48:51 -0000 Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2004 05:46:18 +0200 (CEST) From: Peter Ulrich Kruppa X-X-Sender: root@pukruppa.net To: Harry Heim In-Reply-To: <40C2769E.4040305@netscape.net> Message-ID: <20040606052503.D847@pukruppa.net> References: <40C2769E.4040305@netscape.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed cc: FreeBSD Unix Questions Subject: Re: BSD 4.10 install question X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 06 Jun 2004 03:46:02 -0000 On Sat, 5 Jun 2004, Harry Heim wrote: > Hi, > I am about to install BSD 4.10 and according to "The Complete FreeBSD" 4th > ed, (Lehey) all I need is on the installation CD, (the first disk). He says > little about the second CD, "Live File System" and what needs to be done > about it. Any good advice as to just what and how the second CD is used for? It contains additional software packages. You dont't need to care about them before you have FreeBSD installed. > Also, I am doing the install on 4GB HD and someone said use 256MB for root, > 512MB swap, 256MB for /var and /tmp and the rest of the space for /usr? > This is almost the install default as Lehey says use far more for the root > so as not to run out of space. 256 MB for / (the "root" - directory) will do fine if you keep strictly to the good rule to use your root account (i.e. the Administrator account) only for administrative works. Have fun, Uli. +---------------------------+ | Peter Ulrich Kruppa | | Wuppertal | | Germany | +---------------------------+