From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 17 22:41:15 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 676551065670 for ; Fri, 17 Feb 2012 22:41:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from max@mxcrypt.com) Received: from mail-vx0-f182.google.com (mail-vx0-f182.google.com [209.85.220.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1E5098FC13 for ; Fri, 17 Feb 2012 22:41:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: by vcmm1 with SMTP id m1so3790819vcm.13 for ; Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:41:14 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of max@mxcrypt.com designates 10.52.93.77 as permitted sender) client-ip=10.52.93.77; Authentication-Results: mr.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of max@mxcrypt.com designates 10.52.93.77 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=max@mxcrypt.com Received: from mr.google.com ([10.52.93.77]) by 10.52.93.77 with SMTP id cs13mr5088458vdb.71.1329518474436 (num_hops = 1); Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:41:14 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.52.93.77 with SMTP id cs13mr4084378vdb.71.1329518474324; Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:41:14 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.220.199.73 with HTTP; Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:40:44 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4F3ECF23.5000706@fisglobal.com> References: <4F3ECF23.5000706@fisglobal.com> From: Maxim Khitrov Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 17:40:44 -0500 Message-ID: To: david.robison@fisglobal.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQkult6//jbR2ClM0QKWbgXSdYkNwT9cs1+PFt/zffCBfJg03tnr0ZQfBqIGguN/viPXs6Ab Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: One or Four? 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: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 22:41:15 -0000 On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 5:05 PM, Robison, Dave wrote: > Hiya, > > A question has arisen with the implementation of bsdinstall in 9.x as > opposed to sysinstall in 8.x and previous versions of FreeBSD. > > It has always been FreeBSD's default to create four partitions and swap as > such: > > / > /tmp > /var > /usr > swap > > The recent changes in 9.x with bsdinstall use a default behavior which > creates only one partition and swap, with everything living under a single > "/" partition as such: > > / > swap > > We'd like a show of hands to see if folks prefer the "old" style default > with 4 partitions and swap, or the newer iteration with 1 partition and > swap. > > This is not a discussion of MBR vs GPT. The default moving forward from 9.x > will be to use GPT. > > We realize that one can use bsdinstall to create as many partitions as one > wants. However, the new default is for one partition and swap. We want to > know if people would prefer the older style default with four partitions and > swap when selecting "Guided Partitioning" and "Use Entire Disk". > > Let the majority decide which layout is preferred for the default. / and /usr should be merged together, /var should stay separate, and /tmp should be tmpfs :) At least that's my preferred server configuration starting with 9.0. I see no benefits in keeping / and /usr separate. A desktop can have /var on the same file system as well, but servers should always isolate it. Just a few days ago, a misbehaving php script filled-up my entire /var partition when it got into an endless loop. I've since realized the value of blocking repeated error log messages in php configuration, but keeping /var away from the rest was a good safety net. - Max