From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Feb 2 19:33: 5 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from sixpence.mtcibs.com (sixpence.solveinteractive.com [204.62.227.50]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8F66E37B401 for ; Fri, 2 Feb 2001 19:32:47 -0800 (PST) Received: from gold.mtcibs.com (gold [204.62.225.30]) by sixpence.mtcibs.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id WAA28691 for ; Fri, 2 Feb 2001 22:32:46 -0500 (EST) Received: from trinity.solveinteractive.com (trinity.solveinteractive.com [204.62.225.170]) by gold.mtcibs.com (8.8.7/8.7.3) with ESMTP id WAA21176 for ; Fri, 2 Feb 2001 22:32:44 -0500 (EST) Received: (from rch@localhost) by trinity.solveinteractive.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) id f133XUi46344 for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Fri, 2 Feb 2001 22:33:30 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from rch) Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2001 22:33:30 -0500 From: Robert Hough To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [Q] your first BSD crash - what lessons to learn?.. Message-ID: <20010202223330.B46300@solveinteractive.com> Reply-To: rch@solveinteractive.com Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: <200102030241.f132fut00986@tolik.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <200102030241.f132fut00986@tolik.localdomain> X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.2-RELEASE on an i386 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Anatoly Karp [karp@math.wisc.edu] babbled: > > is my understanding correct that I should have > made /home a separate slice, so my user files > are not endangered by (certain kinds of) system > crashes? If you have the file space, it's always a good idea to seperate major areas from each other. There are many reasons why you would do this, protection against crashes is just one of them. > is it correct that the only way to achieve > this now would be to reformat the disk and reinstall > from sources? If you create a new file system, you shouldn't have to reinstall anything. I don't know your setup, so I can't really comment on that aspect of it though. The key to a good BSD install is putting time, and thought into your file system layout. I always encourage people to draw this out on paper first, before they actually start the install process. > Generally, can you please post any personal tips > and tricks that might be relevant in this respect? Tape drive, get one, use it, and love it. The best tip for crashes is to have reliable, up to date, backups of the system. > Also, are there any good pointers on unix file system > after-crash recovery? (I hope I won't become a frequent > user of those) Not sure, you might check http://www.freebsddiary.org though. He has lots of interesting little bits of information. Good stuff for newbies and experts alike. -- Robert Hough (rch@solveinteractive.com) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message