From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jan 6 0:21:45 2003 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 5110037B401 for ; Mon, 6 Jan 2003 00:21:44 -0800 (PST) Received: from fep04-mail.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com (fep04-mail.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com [66.185.86.74]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6126643EC2 for ; Mon, 6 Jan 2003 00:21:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ilany@rogers.com) Received: from CPE0020afa23a55.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com ([24.101.47.171]) by fep04-mail.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com (InterMail vM.5.01.05.06 201-253-122-126-106-20020509) with ESMTP id <20030106082051.THQY214174.fep04-mail.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com@CPE0020afa23a55.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com> for ; Mon, 6 Jan 2003 03:20:51 -0500 Subject: disk partitioning From: "Ilan y." To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.8 Date: 06 Jan 2003 03:20:01 -0500 Message-Id: <1041841202.1008.9.camel@.mtnk.phub.net.cable.rogers.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Authentication-Info: Submitted using SMTP AUTH PLAIN at fep04-mail.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com from [24.101.47.171] using ID at Mon, 6 Jan 2003 03:20:51 -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG hi, i need general information setting my harddrive for a desktop/workstation system... currently my system is set in the following way: / 1.2 Gb /usr 6 Gb /swap 500 Mb /mnt/dos 12 Gb i now know that 1.5 Gb is a little too much for "/" /usr got filled up pretty fast - i run many applications..and file sharing applications my real question here is what slice should i make to hold applications that will survive after an upgrade of the system.... some applications are installed under /usr/X11R6/bin....while some are under /usr/local/bin......and some under other places....i've read the handbook and it gives no useful information ( well, at least in a language i can understand)...and also looked for some info in the "unix bible" book.... if anyone can reply with any information on how to install applications in one place only it would be a great help....i know that PREFIX has to be set with a configure script but what about configuration files...... thanks in advance Ilan Y. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message