From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 15 10:09:56 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 14B911065674 for ; Thu, 15 Sep 2011 10:09:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mueller6727@bellsouth.net) Received: from fmailhost01.isp.att.net (fmailhost01.isp.att.net [207.115.11.51]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 045B78FC16 for ; Thu, 15 Sep 2011 10:09:55 +0000 (UTC) Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2011 10:04:31 +0000 (GMT) X-Comment: Sending client does not conform to RFC822 minimum requirements X-Comment: Date has been added by Maillennium Received: from localhost (adsl-65-80-91-163.sdf.bellsouth.net[65.80.91.163]) by isp.att.net (frfwmhc01) with SMTP id <20110915100430H0100n3n9pe>; Thu, 15 Sep 2011 10:04:31 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [65.80.91.163] From: "Thomas Mueller" Message-Id: <20110915100956.14B911065674@hub.freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD 8.2 Partition Sizing question 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: Thu, 15 Sep 2011 10:09:56 -0000 I can't really see the rationale for putting / and /usr on separate partitions. Swap would go on a different partition because it does not use the same file system. I like to put /home on a separate partition, and don't like the idea of /usr/home. I also don't like to put /var and /tmp on separate partitions: problems with size and fitting the disk space. Putting /home on a separate partition allows the whole system to be upgraded, even newfs and reinstall, without touching user data. Tom