From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 14 09:38:42 2009 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 47D921065692 for ; Sat, 14 Nov 2009 09:38:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsdq@peterk.org) Received: from poshta.pknet.net (poshta.pknet.net [216.241.167.213]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id DAAF08FC08 for ; Sat, 14 Nov 2009 09:38:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 82213 invoked from network); 14 Nov 2009 09:38:40 -0000 Received: from poshta.pknet.net (HELO pop.pknet.net) (216.241.167.213) by poshta.pknet.net with SMTP; 14 Nov 2009 09:38:40 -0000 Received: from 216.241.167.212 (SquirrelMail authenticated user fbsdq@peterk.org) by webmail.pknet.net with HTTP; Sat, 14 Nov 2009 02:38:40 -0700 (MST) 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> Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 02:38:40 -0700 (MST) From: "Peter" To: "Polytropon" User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.17 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal Cc: Manolis Kiagias , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Roger Subject: Re: Remote re-installation of current FreeBSD system. 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: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 09:38:42 -0000 > On Sat, 14 Nov 2009 09:50:03 +0200, Manolis Kiagias > 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? > > 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[