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Subject: RE: installing new larger HD
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>A fresh install - with dual booting - is the best. All you need to
>save is any config file you've changed from the system defaults. An ls
>of /var/db/pkg will give you a list of installed packages that need to
>be reinstalled.

What do you mean dual boot? What am I dual booting?

>Without a lot of information about what you're doing, you can't get
>any intelligent input. Don't create separate partitions without a good
>reason, and neither "the system defalt does it that way" or "we've
>always done it that way" qualify as good reasons. In other words, /
>(with /tmp, usr and /var on it) on the 15GB and /home on the 20GB is
>perfectly reasonable for some situations.

What kind of information do you need for me to get "intelligent input"?
It's mainly 5-7 user system, but mainly I'm on it.  It's got Apache
webserver running to server up about a dozen webpage, that doesn't get a
lot of traffic.. about 1000 hits per month in total.

I'm running samba on it and intend to use it as a fileserver as well.


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