From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 31 14:53:42 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9CA8737B401 for ; Mon, 31 Mar 2003 14:53:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from web41410.mail.yahoo.com (web41410.mail.yahoo.com [66.218.93.76]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3563443FA3 for ; Mon, 31 Mar 2003 14:53:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from chromodromic@yahoo.com) Message-ID: <20030331225342.31155.qmail@web41410.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [67.119.52.223] by web41410.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Mon, 31 Mar 2003 14:53:42 PST Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2003 14:53:42 -0800 (PST) From: John McClure To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Subject: Hell of a time, Cont'd X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2003 22:53:47 -0000 Firstly, thanks for the help so far. My disk is an IBM 27G. The Disklabel config looks like this: Part Mount Size Newfs Part ---- ----- ---- ----- ---- ad0s1a / 1024MB UFS1 Y ad0s1b swap 1024MB SWAP ad0s1d /var 256MB UFS1+S Y ad0s1e /tmp 256MB UFS1+S Y ad0s1f /usr 23545MB UFS1+S Y Also, for the "f" partition I make sure that: newfs -f 2048 -b 16384 As far as my installation specs go, I choose "All" to install everything, including source, which I want, and I choose the ports collection as well because it feels me with a sense of divine power, and I also actually use it. As you can see, my /usr mount should have plenty o' space. When I specify mount points manually I enter "/" or "/usr", not "mnt/usr". However, I've only, on most tries, been specifying the root partition and swap, so I can control those sizes, and letting the "Auto" config take over after that. Finally, when I create the initial slice, I allocate the whole space for freebsd, which I want, and I press "S" in order to ensure that it is bootable. Thanks again. Any advice is hugely appreciated. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop! http://platinum.yahoo.com