Date: Mon, 2 Feb 1998 15:28:38 PST From: "Marty Leisner" <leisner@sdsp.mc.xerox.com> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: jord@gnawk.dial.eunet.es, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Partitioning 3.5 G HD for FreeBSD Message-ID: <9802022328.AA13443@gnu.sdsp.mc.xerox.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 30 Jan 1998 15:57:11 PST." <19980131102711.28276@lemis.com>
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> On Sat, Jan 31, 1998 at 12:50:55AM +0100, J. Jordana wrote:
> >
> > Sorry to ask but I haven't seen this in any FAQ.
> >
> > Coming from Linux, I want to partition a new HD with 3.5 G for FreeBSD only.
> > I would like to know the space requirements for:
> >
> > /
> > /usr
> > /usr/home
> > /usr/src
> > /usr/local
> >
> > for a full installation, all sources included from the 2.2.5 Walnut Creek
> > CDROM
>
> / 40 MB
> swap 128 MB
> /usr the rest
>
> There's no reason to have separate file systems for /usr/src and
> /usr/local. Some people prefer a separate /var file system, but I
> don't recommend that either. Instead create a directory /usr/var and
> make /var a symlink to that directory.
>
> Greg
Hmmm...I'm not sure I agree...
I like to have more partitions for several reasons:
1) if you fill up 1 partition, you still have space elsewhere
2) if a partition for some reason gets scrogged, the others
will still work.
On many systems, /usr can be read-only for all practical purposes,
with /usr/tmp on a writable system.
I would like to see a discussion of this in documentation.
--
marty
leisner@sdsp.mc.xerox.com
The Feynman problem solving Algorithm
1) Write down the problem
2) Think real hard
3) Write down the answer
Murray Gell-mann in the NY Times
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