From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 14 10:33:55 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 2E307106566C for ; Sat, 14 Nov 2009 10:33:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mx01.qsc.de (mx01.qsc.de [213.148.129.14]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DEFCE8FC13 for ; Sat, 14 Nov 2009 10:33:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from r55.edvax.de (port-92-195-53-77.dynamic.qsc.de [92.195.53.77]) by mx01.qsc.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id E89593D558; Sat, 14 Nov 2009 11:33:34 +0100 (CET) Received: from r55.edvax.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by r55.edvax.de (8.14.2/8.14.2) with SMTP id nAEAXYZX001536; Sat, 14 Nov 2009 11:33:34 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 11:33:34 +0100 From: Polytropon To: "Peter" Message-Id: <20091114113334.fb13c2a3.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <7193c41e41bf9cccaafca0d42672b2cb.squirrel@webmail.pknet.net> References: <9d972bed0911131228k36f9515ak361d82d766c24749@mail.gmail.com> <20091114083958.74482be3.freebsd@edvax.de> <4AFE612B.6060501@otenet.gr> <20091114090607.7188c8d2.freebsd@edvax.de> <7193c41e41bf9cccaafca0d42672b2cb.squirrel@webmail.pknet.net> Organization: EDVAX X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.4.7 (GTK+ 2.12.1; i386-portbld-freebsd7.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 Reply-To: Polytropon List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 10:33:55 -0000 On Sat, 14 Nov 2009 02:38:40 -0700 (MST), "Peter" wrote: > 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. Hmmm... that's a valid point and a good idea in certain cases, such as you mentioned (having OS and applications completely separated from data - slice-wise). -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...