Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 02:38:40 -0700 (MST) From: "Peter" <fbsdq@peterk.org> To: "Polytropon" <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: Manolis Kiagias <sonicy@otenet.gr>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Roger <rnodal@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Remote re-installation of current FreeBSD system. Message-ID: <7193c41e41bf9cccaafca0d42672b2cb.squirrel@webmail.pknet.net> In-Reply-To: <20091114090607.7188c8d2.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <9d972bed0911131228k36f9515ak361d82d766c24749@mail.gmail.com> <20091114083958.74482be3.freebsd@edvax.de> <4AFE612B.6060501@otenet.gr> <20091114090607.7188c8d2.freebsd@edvax.de>
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> On Sat, 14 Nov 2009 09:50:03 +0200, Manolis Kiagias <sonicy@otenet.gr> > wrote: >> It seems however that some dedicated servers are setup using a single >> slice and a single partition, i.e. having /usr /var and /tmp as >> subdirectories in / instead of separate filesystems. > > Well, that's no problem per se, and it saves some "partition > out of space" trouble when using UFS partitioning. You don't > have this with ZFS. :-) > > Anyway, FreeBSD should keep all its partitions within one > slice, or do I fail to see some hidden advantage of distributing > the system into several slices? > > <snip> UFS: I usually setup a ~10G slice for the OS [ad0s1] and in that slice I have a /tmp /var /usr...and then use the rest of the disk for another slice containing all my data and home directories - This way if I ever need extra space for base, I can create symlinks, but makes reloading the base OS easier/being able to change partitions around without worrying about data [ad0s2]. If I plug this disk into another system, s1 can be repartitioned for whatever and s2 still has all my data instead of having to have the old partitions left [/var, /tmp, /usr] and can't combine them into one huge one because your /home is on the same slice. ]Peter[
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