From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 13 08:36:09 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 F41BE16A41F for ; Tue, 13 Dec 2005 08:36:08 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from sasa@stupar.homelinux.net) Received: from avs1.arnes.si (avs1.arnes.si [193.2.1.74]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 147A343D5D for ; Tue, 13 Dec 2005 08:36:08 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from sasa@stupar.homelinux.net) Received: from localhost (avs1.arnes.si [193.2.1.74]) by avs1.arnes.si (Postfix) with ESMTP id C0CF036A07D for ; Tue, 13 Dec 2005 09:36:06 +0100 (CET) Received: from avs1.arnes.si ([193.2.1.74]) by localhost (avs1.arnes.si [193.2.1.74]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 64321-09 for ; Tue, 13 Dec 2005 09:36:06 +0100 (CET) Received: from xmail.homelinux.net (cmb16-74.dial-up.arnes.si [194.249.51.74]) by avs1.arnes.si (Postfix) with ESMTP id 82AAF36A051 for ; Tue, 13 Dec 2005 09:36:05 +0100 (CET) Received: from [192.168.10.249] (master.workgroup [192.168.10.249]) (authenticated bits=0) by xmail.homelinux.net (8.13.5/8.13.3) with ESMTP id jBD8a43T014768 for ; Tue, 13 Dec 2005 09:36:05 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from sasa@stupar.homelinux.net) Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 09:36:06 +0100 From: Sasa Stupar To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <9CF863F9FF55D6301DA0C9B3@[192.168.10.249]> In-Reply-To: <200512130029.jBD0T11I020665@clunix.cl.msu.edu> References: <200512130029.jBD0T11I020665@clunix.cl.msu.edu> X-Mailer: Mulberry/3.1.6 (Win32) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV version 0.87.1, clamav-milter version 0.87 on mig29.workgroup X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at arnes.si Subject: Re: Slices X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 08:36:09 -0000 --On 12. december 2005 19:29 -0500 Jerry McAllister wrote: >> >> On Mon, 12 Dec 2005 12:40:40 -0600 >> Kevin Kinsey wrote: >> >> > Sasa Stupar wrote: >> > >> > > You can also do the same as I did. I have just configured one slice >> > > named / which >> > > takes all the space on hdd and now I don't need to worry about >> > > space shortage. >> > >> > >> > OK then, but suppose we have some runaway process > > The main two reasons for dividing up your FreeBSD disk in to partitions > rather than making just one big partition are to reduce the threat of > runaway processes and to manage backup and restore sizes. > > Think those things out to meet your needs and resources. > > ////jerry > OK. But then what would be ideal slice size for /, /var, /usr, /boot? -- Sasa Stupar