From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Aug 25 23:50:04 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB25F16A4ED for ; Sat, 25 Aug 2007 23:50:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cyberleo@cyberleo.net) Received: from pizzabox.cyberleo.net (alpha.cyberleo.net [198.145.45.10]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A76DF13C459 for ; Sat, 25 Aug 2007 23:50:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cyberleo@cyberleo.net) Received: (qmail 57481 invoked from network); 25 Aug 2007 23:49:53 -0000 Received: from adsl-75-3-87-131.dsl.chcgil.sbcglobal.net (HELO ?172.16.44.14?) (cyberleo@cyberleo.net@75.3.87.131) by alpha.cyberleo.net with ESMTPA; 25 Aug 2007 23:49:53 -0000 Message-ID: <46D0BFED.4030303@cyberleo.net> Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2007 18:49:01 -0500 From: CyberLeo Kitsana User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20070819) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Wojciech Puchar References: <56712.67.176.75.179.1187816225.squirrel@webmail.wcubed.net> <20070824081848.F73687@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> In-Reply-To: <20070824081848.F73687@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Brad Waite , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /var or /usr for data? 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: Sat, 25 Aug 2007 23:50:04 -0000 Wojciech Puchar wrote: >> It would appear that the "proper" allocation of filesystems on FreeBSD is >> to put all data in /usr. I'm used to this and have been doing it for >> years. > > my favourite "proper" allocation is to make ONE partition (/) and > nothing more. and forget all problems about how to partition your drive > right... With a single, large filesystem on /, you cannot take advantage of things like background fsck, cuz / always needs to be checked fully before the system goes multiuser. A small / partition is quick to fsck, and can be kept mounted sync to ensure consistency without harming system throughput. All the others (/var, /usr, /foo) can be checked after the machine is live, greatly speeding up post-crash recovery. -- Fuzzy love, -CyberLeo Technical Administrator CyberLeo.Net Webhosting http://www.CyberLeo.Net Furry Peace! - http://wwww.fur.com/peace/