From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Sep 9 23:23:17 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id XAA10266 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 9 Sep 1997 23:23:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from news1.gtn.com (news1.gtn.com [192.109.159.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id XAA10258 for ; Tue, 9 Sep 1997 23:23:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by news1.gtn.com (8.8.6/8.8.6) with UUCP id IAA27422; Wed, 10 Sep 1997 08:15:38 +0200 (MET DST) Received: (from andreas@localhost) by klemm.gtn.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) id IAA01075; Wed, 10 Sep 1997 08:02:42 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <19970910080241.02760@klemm.gtn.com> Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 08:02:41 +0200 From: Andreas Klemm To: Marty Leisner Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How should I partition my disk? References: <9709091907.AA22307@gnu.sdsp.mc.xerox.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.79 In-Reply-To: <9709091907.AA22307@gnu.sdsp.mc.xerox.com>; from Marty Leisner on Tue, Sep 09, 1997 at 12:07:07PM -0800 X-Disclaimer: A free society is one where it is safe to be unpopular X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT SMP Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, Sep 09, 1997 at 12:07:07PM -0800, Marty Leisner wrote: > > I've seen no guidelines on how big to make partitions...(if I've > missed it, please point it out to me). Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Avail Capacity Mounted on /dev/sd1a 31743 18299 10905 63% / /dev/sd1s1e 194471 151937 26977 85% /var /dev/sd1s1g 1457855 588682 752545 44% /usr /dev/sd1s1f 297663 169121 104729 62% /usr/src /dev/sd0s2e 248047 139348 88856 61% /usr/obj /dev/sd0s2f 545759 404711 97388 81% /cvs /dev/sd0s2g 179011 112631 52060 68% /news /dev/sd2s1e 99183 6888 84361 8% /www /dev/sd2s1f 1882495 1349258 382638 78% /local procfs 4 4 0 100% /proc mfs:28 30991 9 28503 0% /tmp > I have a 6.4 gig IDE quantum bigfoot...I'm willing to give > about 1.2 gig to freebsd... 32M -> root fs swap -> 66M or 130M (depends on your memory and needs) /var -> 32M + printing (server) + news spool + users mailboxes /usr -> has base os, OS src and ports and X11R6 (/usr/local) 200+ /home -> your users work space ... or better ... leave out /home, create accounts in /usr/accounts and dedicate the Rest of the space to the /usr filesystem. > 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). Figure out ... make perhaps a small test installation, that fits your needs only to see, how much space remains ... Keep in mind, that /usr/local grows rapidly with every freshly installed application and when using X11. Mybe you want a separate filesystem for the news (if you are running an nntp server). There you maybe want to use another filesystem setup, not 8192/1024 but 4096/512 ... Maybe same for proxy cache when driving a Proxy server ... Cheers Andreas /// -- Andreas Klemm | klemm.gtn.com - powered by Symmetric MultiProcessor FreeBSD http://www.freebsd.org/~fsmp/SMP/SMP.html http://www.freebsd.org/~fsmp/SMP/benches.html