From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Apr 26 0:44:22 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from gate.ldn.wdr.com (gate.ldn.wdr.com [193.82.179.18]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B46F1505A for ; Mon, 26 Apr 1999 00:44:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Clem.Dye@wdr.com) Received: (from smap@localhost) by gate.ldn.wdr.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA20165; Mon, 26 Apr 1999 08:43:54 +0100 (BST) From: Clem.Dye@wdr.com Received: from inside(192.168.0.1) by gate via smap (V2.0) id xma020161; Mon, 26 Apr 99 08:43:52 +0100 Received: from ln4p1129.ldn.swissbank.com (ln4p1129.ldn.swissbank.com [172.16.234.32]) by ln4p1013pos.ldn.swissbank.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA27461; Mon, 26 Apr 1999 08:43:52 +0100 (BST) Received: from localhost (root@localhost) by ln4p1129.ldn.swissbank.com (8.8.6 (PHNE_14041)/8.8.6/WDR alpha evision: 1.7 $) with SMTP id IAA10397; Mon, 26 Apr 1999 08:43:51 +0100 (BST) X-OpenMail-Hops: 1 Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1999 08:43:40 +0100 Message-Id: Subject: RE: Re: Partition sizes on 3.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: adamn@csl.com, Clem.Dye@wdr.com, fpscha@ns1.sminter.com.ar, grog@lemis.com Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; name="BDY.TXT" Content-Disposition: inline; filename="BDY.TXT" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Processed-By: BrianWare hpomsmf V2.3.35, 6 May 1997 X-WDR-Disclaimer: Version $Revision: 1.13 $ Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Greg: Thanks for the advice. One point though. If you're a newbie to FreeBSD then part of the gameplan is try and minimise problems during the initial setup phase so that you don't have to go through some torturous process a short while later to try and fix things. This may be fine if you're a guru but for most of us that's probably not the case. The argument for accepting the automatic partition layout at install time may be fine for some users, but clearly not for others. I briefly checked the web-based handbook & FAQ at www.freebsd.org and I didn't recollect seeing anything about how to lay-out partitions (if there is something there, then I apologise for the time-waste). To my mind at least, some guidelines would be useful. Along with your comments about partition layouts, we have a number of different takes on what actually is best. I accept that there can't be a 'one size fits all' solution because each system is a different animal. For example, one person says use a separate slice for swap, you say 'no point'. What size should a swap partition/slice be, for example, 2x physical ram? How big should / be so as to avoid problems but not to waste space? If there is a general guidelines document somewhere, then I'd appreciate someone pointing me to it and I'll shut-up on this topic. If there isn't then I would humbly suggest that something is needed. Clem PS: Apologies for the 'noise' at the foot of this message - nothing that I can do about it, I'm afraid - sorry! This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. The sender therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message which arise as a result of e-mail transmission. If verification is required please request a hard-copy version. This message is provided for informational purposes and should not be construed as a solicitation or offer to buy or sell any securities or related financial instruments. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message