Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2001 03:16:44 -0800 From: "Crist J. Clark" <cristjc@earthlink.net> To: "James F.Ruffer III" <admin@unixbox.ws> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 100Gig Message-ID: <20011109031644.R51134@blossom.cjclark.org> In-Reply-To: <20011109061336.10324.cpmta@c001.snv.cp.net>; from admin@unixbox.ws on Thu, Nov 08, 2001 at 10:13:36PM -0800 References: <20011109061336.10324.cpmta@c001.snv.cp.net>
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On Thu, Nov 08, 2001 at 10:13:36PM -0800, James F.Ruffer III wrote:
> Is the 100 gig western dig
> on the capat list for freebsd
> and how would you recommend partitioning this?
I went over to Fry's to get a bigger hard drive for my notebook PC
(went from 810 MB to 20 GB[0]), and couldn't resist a special they had
on 80 GB WD drives[1].
I split mine up in a totally arbitrary way, but I doubt I'll ever run
out of space on any partition (since I had never managed to get close
to filling the 12 GB drive it replaced),
partition aprox. size mount
a: 512 MB /
b: (whatever) swap
e: 20 GB /usr
f: 2 GB /var
g: (what's left) /home
My main concern was not how to partition the slice, but how (and even
if) I could get the whole drive into one slice. I've noticed the
system takes longer to boot. I wonder if I haven't confused my
BIOS. But it does boot off of the 80 GB disk.
[0] Hard drive prices are just completely and totally insane. I bought
a 20 GB IBM 2.5" drive for $150 (not even on sale). Let me repeat, 20
gigabytes, a slight change from my old 810 MB drive on the system;
manufactured IBM, this is not a no-name HDD; 2.5", it's even smaller,
uses less power, and doesn't heat as much as my old 810 MB drive; and
it was under $150 retail. Insane.
[1] Insane. 80 GB HDD for under $130.
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