From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sat Aug 29 18:24:47 2020 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 966173B868F for ; Sat, 29 Aug 2020 18:24:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu) Received: from kicp.uchicago.edu (kicp.uchicago.edu [128.135.20.70]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4Bf4ct3Bp2z3c81 for ; Sat, 29 Aug 2020 18:24:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu) Received: from [192.168.43.113] (unknown [172.58.84.245]) (Authenticated sender: galtsev) by kicp.uchicago.edu (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id ED7FE4E672 for ; Sat, 29 Aug 2020 13:24:39 -0500 (CDT) Subject: Re: (very OT) Ideal partition schemes (history of partitioning) To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20200829154417.8dd5f83d.freebsd@edvax.de> From: Valeri Galtsev Message-ID: Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2020 13:24:38 -0500 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/68.8.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4Bf4ct3Bp2z3c81 X-Spamd-Bar: + Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=none; dmarc=fail reason="No valid SPF, No valid DKIM" header.from=uchicago.edu (policy=none); spf=none (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu has no SPF policy when checking 128.135.20.70) smtp.mailfrom=galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu X-Spamd-Result: default: False [1.12 / 15.00]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]; NEURAL_SPAM_MEDIUM(0.79)[0.788]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; RECEIVED_SPAMHAUS_PBL(0.00)[172.58.84.245:received]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.69)[-0.685]; NEURAL_SPAM_LONG(0.92)[0.922]; R_SPF_NA(0.00)[no SPF record]; RCVD_NO_TLS_LAST(0.10)[]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; ASN(0.00)[asn:160, ipnet:128.135.0.0/16, country:US]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; MAILMAN_DEST(0.00)[freebsd-questions]; DMARC_POLICY_SOFTFAIL(0.10)[uchicago.edu : No valid SPF, No valid DKIM,none] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.33 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2020 18:24:47 -0000 On 8/29/20 1:08 PM, doug@safeport.com wrote: > > > On Sat, 29 Aug 2020, Polytropon wrote: > >> On Fri, 28 Aug 2020 23:08:30 -0400, Aryeh Friedman wrote: >>> When installing another OS then FreeBSD (won't state which one to avoid >>> flame wars) I noticed it's default partitioning scheme breaks the >>> main (and >>> only) drive on the system down into 50 GB chunks (in my case / and >>> /home) >>> by default (I over road to FreeBSD's default of one big partition for >>> the >>> whole drive [minus swap]). >>> >>> I was wondering what people think of different generalized partitioning >>> schemes? (there is no right answer here but I might question your >>> comments) >> >> You are correct about the fact there is no "the correct way". >> What you should implement in your partitioning layout depends >> on what you want to achieve, and there usually are several >> ways (with advantages and disadvantages) to accomplish that. >> > [cut] >> That was quite a hodgepodge of statements, but I'm sure you >> will be able to extract some useful information from it, and >> those can be the source of further questions. :-) > > Wow Poly, Doug, Steve, this is a thread to save. I guess only guys named > Doug have used punched cards. Anyone else used paper tape?? The most > inventive use of punched cards in my past, was when an Alogol system > arrived without a terminal (or card punch) my boss, with a pocket knife, > "punched" the character set. Then until the terminal arrived, tested the > system by programming one card at a time into the card reader. The > tedium was minimized by copious amounts of beer. On a similar note: we had a group of ladies who were "typing" on punch card typing machines. No regular person (programmer) was allowed access to one. Then, after hours if you found bug and needed to make small change, you were "editing" punch cards using point tipped razor to cut new holes, and were plugging holes with those rectangular pieces punched out of cards, found near card duplicator. "Doctored" like that card, however, can damage card reader, so you put it through card duplicator (which is more robust device than card reader), compare duplicate to make sure it is what you need, and then you can leave your modified program to run during night. Otherwise you will have to wait till morning when card punch ladies come to work. Valeri > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Valeri Galtsev Sr System Administrator Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics University of Chicago Phone: 773-702-4247 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++