From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Sep 9 12:08:53 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id MAA28131 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 9 Sep 1997 12:08:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from alpha.xerox.com (alpha.Xerox.COM [13.1.64.93]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id MAA28123 for ; Tue, 9 Sep 1997 12:08:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mailhost.sdsp.mc.xerox.com ([13.231.132.18]) by alpha.xerox.com with SMTP id <53061(2)>; Tue, 9 Sep 1997 12:08:10 PDT Received: from gnu.sdsp.mc.xerox.com (gnu.sdsp.mc.xerox.com [13.231.133.90]) by mailhost.sdsp.mc.xerox.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id PAA09025 for ; Tue, 9 Sep 1997 15:07:08 -0400 (EDT) Received: by gnu.sdsp.mc.xerox.com (4.1/client-1.3) id AA22307; Tue, 9 Sep 97 15:07:07 EDT Message-Id: <9709091907.AA22307@gnu.sdsp.mc.xerox.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: How should I partition my disk? Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 9 Sep 1997 12:07:07 PDT From: "Marty Leisner" Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I've seen no guidelines on how big to make partitions...(if I've missed it, please point it out to me). I have a 6.4 gig IDE quantum bigfoot...I'm willing to give about 1.2 gig to freebsd... When I have enough space, I should be able to install everything, including sources (not ports). Any reasonable ideas for a basic install (i.e. sizes and mount points) ? (I hate the fact we insiston swap space). marty leisner@sdsp.mc.xerox.com Don't confuse education with schooling. Milton Friedman to Yogi Berra -- marty leisner@sdsp.mc.xerox.com The Feynman problem solving Algorithm 1) Write down the problem 2) Think real hard 3) Write down the answer Murray Gel-mann in the NY Times