Date: Fri, 19 May 2000 14:55:54 -0400 From: "leegold" <goldtech@worldpost.com> To: <freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: partitions Message-ID: <000401bfc1c3$dc854c10$b2e47ad1@leegold1> References: <000501bfc1bb$0621d970$b2e47ad1@leegold1>
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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
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