From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 22 07:20:06 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A03F516A4CE for ; Sat, 22 Jan 2005 07:20:06 +0000 (GMT) Received: from blackwater.lemis.com (wantadilla.lemis.com [192.109.197.135]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3EB6343D41 for ; Sat, 22 Jan 2005 07:20:05 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: by blackwater.lemis.com (Postfix, from userid 1004) id 319D185679; Sat, 22 Jan 2005 17:50:03 +1030 (CST) Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2005 17:50:03 +1030 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey To: Doug Hardie Message-ID: <20050122072003.GE85706@wantadilla.lemis.com> References: <200501212201.14680.hindrich@worldchat.com> <20050122033230.GA85706@wantadilla.lemis.com> <459B7284-6C32-11D9-8611-000393681B06@lafn.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="TybLhxa8M7aNoW+V" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <459B7284-6C32-11D9-8611-000393681B06@lafn.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Organization: The FreeBSD Project Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-418-838-708 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.FreeBSD.org/ X-PGP-Fingerprint: 9A1B 8202 BCCE B846 F92F 09AC 22E6 F290 507A 4223 cc: Peterhin cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Which Way to Partition. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2005 07:20:06 -0000 --TybLhxa8M7aNoW+V Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline [Format recovered--see http://www.lemis.com/email/email-format.html] Long/short syndrome. On Friday, 21 January 2005 at 20:58:35 -0800, Doug Hardie wrote: > > On Jan 21, 2005, at 19:32, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: > >> On Friday, 21 January 2005 at 22:01:14 -0500, Peterhin wrote: >>> I am new to FreeBSD, and have only used Linux for less than a year. >>> >>> I have read the "Handbook", also "FreeBSD An open-source system >>> for your personal computer", they both suggest that I do a >>> standard installation, whereas in "The Complete FreeBSD" by Greg >>> Lehey, his suggestion is to do the custom installation. Any >>> suggestions as to which way to go.? >> >> I recommend the custom installation. I also say why. > > Well, I am looking at the 3rd Edition page 71 where it appears you > recommend the custom and the novice installations. The only real > comment about the custom installation is that it takes you back to the > top menu after each step. I have installed may copies of versions > 2,3,4, and not 5 and don't see what the advantage of that might be. > The only reason that comes to mind is if you botch something you can go > back and redo it. That doesn't seem like much of a big deal to me, > but... It's not a big deal, but it helps. You're less likely to need to go back when you're proficient, but it doesn't harm to have the facility. It doesn't cost you anything. Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. If you don't, I may ignore the reply or reply to the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html See complete headers for address and phone numbers. --TybLhxa8M7aNoW+V Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFB8f6jIubykFB6QiMRAgjIAJ9U0c5vm+Q+z5yCJn+TS62usyODAwCgj+GX oJgxRi8CIzyd37U2UgnDR0k= =BSzc -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --TybLhxa8M7aNoW+V--