Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2004 15:41:53 -0400 (EDT) From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: eyesonly@xs4all.nl Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Partition sizes for small harddisk Message-ID: <200406201942.i5KJg8Z04353@clunix.cl.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <200406202130310201.456FADCF@smtp.xs4all.nl> from "eyesonly@xs4all.nl" at Jun 20, 2004 09:30:31 PM
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> > Hi > > I'm trying to install FreeBSD 4.10 on an older computer with a 852 MB hard > disk. > According to the handbook, 250 MB should suffice for text mode only. > However, both the "User" and (retried) "Minimal" distributions left me > with no space in /usr > I used the default partitioning (entire disk) and said "No" to the ports > and linux compatibility prompts. > > Assuming that the defaults are optimized for larger disks, how would I > best divide the available space? With that little disk space, I would be inclined to make it all just one root (/) partition - with a bit of swap. You might not even be able to have a swap as big as memory with no more disk than that, but try for a swap of memory size or at least 100 MB or so and the rest in /. I think FreeBSD has grown since they made those claims of 250 MB being enough for a minimum. You might be able to cram it in, but would have little room for doing anything. Good luck, ////jerry > > thanks > Mark >
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