From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 22 14:57:28 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 069E516A41F for ; Tue, 22 Nov 2005 14:57:28 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu) Received: from clunix.cl.msu.edu (clunix.cl.msu.edu [35.9.2.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C6AC43D8A for ; Tue, 22 Nov 2005 14:57:12 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu) Received: from clunix.cl.msu.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by clunix.cl.msu.edu (8.12.10+Sun/8.12.2) with ESMTP id jAMEvC38007612; Tue, 22 Nov 2005 09:57:12 -0500 (EST) Received: (from jerrymc@localhost) by clunix.cl.msu.edu (8.12.10+Sun/8.12.2/Submit) id jAMEvC1N007611; Tue, 22 Nov 2005 09:57:12 -0500 (EST) From: Jerry McAllister Message-Id: <200511221457.jAMEvC1N007611@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: kiffin@gish.demon.nl (Kiffin Gish) Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2005 09:57:12 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <1132670486.707.15.camel@localhost> X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL7] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to access filesystem on 2nd disk ... 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, 22 Nov 2005 14:57:28 -0000 > > I installed freeBSD 5.4 on a system with two hard disks, which I plan to > use as a dedicated fileserver, and following the default sysinstall > setup I have this: > > root@fileserver# df -h > Filesystem Size Used Avail Capacity Mounted on > /dev/ad0s1a 248M 35M 193M 15% / > devfs 1.0K 1.0K 0B 100% /dev > /dev/ad0s1e 248M 12K 228M 0% /tmp > /dev/ad0s1f 35G 573M 31G 2% /usr > /dev/ad0s1d 248M 1.4M 226M 1% /var > > I have three questions: > > 1/ What's the best way to partition my second 20MB hard disk? Well, if it is really only a 20MB drive, I certainly wouldn't break it up at all. But, if it is really 20GB or something like that - your ad0 looks like it is a nominal 36GB or maybe a 40 GB - then it really depends on what you are doing. > > 2/ Should I dedicate the whole thing to one mount point, say > called /extra? That would not be a bad choice, expecially if you have a backup device that will hold the whole drive. The only real reasons to break it up are to facilitate backup/recovery and to isolate things. > > 3/ Do I also need swap space on the 2nd drive? That would be a good idea, but it is not required. It is a reasonable idea to split your swap over all your drives, but there is nothing that makes that mandatory. ////jerry > > Thanks alot in advance as usual. > > -- > Kiffin Gish > Gouda, The Netherlands > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >