From owner-freebsd-newbies Fri May 19 11:55:12 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from smtp01.mrf.mail.rcn.net (smtp01.mrf.mail.rcn.net [207.172.4.60]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 115CA37C07E for ; Fri, 19 May 2000 11:54:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from goldtech@worldpost.com) Received: from 209-122-228-178.s432.tnt2.nyw.ny.dialup.rcn.com ([209.122.228.178] helo=leegold1) by smtp01.mrf.mail.rcn.net with smtp (Exim 2.12 #3) id 12srvF-00016t-00 for freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org; Fri, 19 May 2000 14:54:58 -0400 Message-ID: <000401bfc1c3$dc854c10$b2e47ad1@leegold1> From: "leegold" To: References: <000501bfc1bb$0621d970$b2e47ad1@leegold1> Subject: Re: partitions Date: Fri, 19 May 2000 14:55:54 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6600 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org How'bout this? there's a very clear install doc: http://www.ccp14.ac.uk/solution/bsdunix/freebsdwin95_xwindows_cdrom.html there author cites: (Platon must be an intensive app. they use) "Generally, to be able to compile up things like Platon; have space for applications and data, the following was found to be good. 40 meg for / ~200 meg for SWAP 100 meg for /var 100 meg for /tmp 1000 meg for /usr 1000 meg for /home" how does this sound?? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message