From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Nov 12 0:21:58 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from matjes.koerber.org (matjes.koerber.org [203.127.219.241]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 66AB437B479 for ; Sun, 12 Nov 2000 00:21:55 -0800 (PST) Received: from vademecum (root@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by matjes.koerber.org (8.11.1/8.11.1) with SMTP id eAC8JTu16976; Sun, 12 Nov 2000 16:19:29 +0800 From: "Mathias Körber" To: "Greg Lehey" , "Mathias Körber" Cc: Subject: RE: More partitions on a single slice? Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2000 16:19:26 +0800 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: <20001112175943.O802@wantadilla.lemis.com> X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Importance: Normal Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > I'm attaching a draft of the corresponding text from the coming = fourth > > edition of "The Complete FreeBSD". This isn't set in stone, and > > detailed comments are welcome. >=20 > Grr. Forgot the attachment *again*. If my attention span is up to > it, it should be attached now. Thanks. Got it. Disagree with lots in it :-) Mostly this: As a result, I now recommend: o Make a single root file system of between 2 and 4 GB. o Do not have separate /usr or /var file systems. o Use the rest of the space on disk for a /home file system, as long = as it's possible to back it up on a single tape. Otherwise make = multiple file systems. /home is the normal directory for user files. Putting /var into the same fs as / and /usr is not a very good idea. = /var was split off /var (and /) for *variable* data precisely so that / and /usr can be = made ro, and that excessive error logging (in case of system troubles, attacks etc) = does not fill up / and /usr and thus create more problems. Mathias To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message