Date: Fri, 19 May 2000 13:52:38 -0400 From: "leegold" <goldtech@worldpost.com> To: <freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org> Subject: partitions Message-ID: <000501bfc1bb$0621d970$b2e47ad1@leegold1>
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Trying to get an understanding of how i should partition the hard disk before I attemp my first install of FreeBSD 4.0. I will install only FeeBSD on a 6gb hd. I will remove all existing partitions on the disk - it will be totally "cleaned-out". I assume freebsd will setup its own native file system (vs. fat16) durring the installtion. (good) But what about the partition ( SLICES) scheme? - - # of partions needed, - size of each partition what do i do? traditionally i read a: is the system's root files, b: is the swap area, c: refers to the whole disk. to complicate i read a recomendation: to "create" 5 partitions for /, swap, /var, /temp, /usr - what's this about? I a newbie so while you're at it: what's the /var, /temp dirs for? what's the rational behind this scheme- what do you recommend? Thanks To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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