From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 12 14:29:32 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@FreeBSD.org 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 A084B16A41F for ; Mon, 12 Dec 2005 14:29:32 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from J.Krediet@planet.nl) Received: from psmtp04.wxs.nl (psmtp04.wxs.nl [195.121.247.13]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD33843D9B for ; Mon, 12 Dec 2005 14:29:30 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from J.Krediet@planet.nl) Received: from Medion (ip503c9346.speed.planet.nl [80.60.147.70]) by psmtp04.wxs.nl (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 2.07 (built Jun 24 2005)) with SMTP id <0IRE002282X3D0@psmtp04.wxs.nl> for questions@FreeBSD.org; Mon, 12 Dec 2005 15:29:28 +0100 (MET) Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 15:30:37 +0100 From: Jan Krediet To: questions@FreeBSD.org Message-id: <000601c5ff28$9fb71e00$46933c50@Medion> MIME-version: 1.0 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2670 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2670 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-priority: Normal Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Subject: Slices X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 14:29:32 -0000 The Netherlands, Rotterdam: December 12 2005 Hello or Dear reader of this message, At first: I'm a newbie when I am talking about FreeBSD or UNIX! For long time i had the wish to install BSD because I experienced that UNIX or related versions are more powerfull than OSses from Microsoft. So i decided a week ago, to download a FreeBSD vs.6 and to install it. After reading some pages of the handbook and the faq's I expericienced that making a slice for /var with the sice of 50mB ( i used 64mB) is not enough when during the installation i permitted th "Linux compatable". I got the error message (something like): unable to write to /mount/var... it is full. After resizing this /var to 512mB no problems at all. Now I'm testing what real size is needed, because after using the command "du -h" i see that used space is only 1 mB but perhaps with using the command "df" i get the real information about the used space of slice /var. What i like to know from you is: is here something going wrong or is the size, as written in the handbook (50mB) and the faq's, no longer current in your FreeBSD vs.6? Another thing for your information: I'm almost 56 years and for me it is fun to learn. I was 49 when I started with computers (no experience for that time, even with working at a office or what else) in a DOS liking environment because this way is for me the fastest way to understand a OS and so I am happy with BSD because this first install is giving me not a "window"-looking environment so I can really understand BSD/UNIX in a relative short time. Okay, my avantage is working with electronics (making or designing it). So i'm a little proud in understanding so quick at this age. Sorry for so much words (and not always correctly "english"), but as you know: where your heart is full of... your lips want to......! With best and kind regards, Mr. John E. Scharloo mail to: JscharlooE@planet.nl