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Date:      Sat, 20 May 2000 06:56:12 -0600
From:      Joe Warner <jswarner@uswest.net>
To:        leegold <goldtech@worldpost.com>
Cc:        freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: partitions
Message-ID:  <39268B6B.644E738B@uswest.net>
References:  <000501bfc1bb$0621d970$b2e47ad1@leegold1>

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If FreeBSD is going to be the only OS on your drive, why don't you just tell it
to use the entire disk?  If you do this, it will take care of all the
partitioning/formatting tasks for you.

Joe


leegold wrote:

> Trying to get an understanding of how i should partition the hard disk
> before I attemp my first
>  install of FreeBSD 4.0.  I will install only FeeBSD on a 6gb hd. I will
> remove all existing
>  partitions on the disk - it will be totally "cleaned-out".
>
> I assume freebsd will setup its own native file system (vs. fat16) durring
> the installtion. (good)
>
>  But what about the partition  ( SLICES) scheme? -
>  -   # of partions needed,
>  -   size of each partition
> what do i do? traditionally i read
>  a: is the system's root files,
>  b: is the swap area,
>  c: refers to the whole disk.
>
> to complicate i read a recomendation:
> to "create" 5 partitions for /, swap, /var, /temp, /usr - what's this about?
> I a newbie so while you're at it: what's the /var, /temp dirs for? what's
> the rational behind this scheme-
>
> what do you recommend?
>
> Thanks
>
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