Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 01:52:56 +0200 From: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.csd.uu.se> To: FREEBSD-Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: BSD Theology: swap, /var, /tmp and /usr/tmp Message-ID: <20000503015256.B3707@student.csd.uu.se> In-Reply-To: <20000503012329.A3265@student.csd.uu.se>; from ertr1013@csd.uu.se on Wed, May 03, 2000 at 01:23:29AM %2B0200 References: <390F41FD.5880279E@telinco.net> <20000503012329.A3265@student.csd.uu.se>
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On Wed, May 03, 2000 at 01:23:29AM +0200, Erik Trulsson wrote: > On Tue, May 02, 2000 at 10:00:45PM +0100, Peter McGarvey wrote: > > > > Fine, but now some upstart has asked me to set up a FreeBSD system with > > the following.... > > > > / -> 5MB > > swap 1 -> 512MB (equal to memory) > > swap 2 -> 512MB > > /var -> 2GB > > /tmp -> 2GB > > /usr -> remaining disk > > > > My first instinct is that the guy is barking mad (he is a Linux groupie > > so... (and Linux does have a nasty habit of apropriating every entry in > > the partition table)) > > The only problem that I see is that if swap1 and swap2 is on the same > (physical) disk you might as well just make one big swap partition from > them. Otherwise it looks fine. Following up on myself... On reading a bit closer that 5MB / looks way too small. I don't think you can get away with a root partition that small. I hope that was a typo and you meant 50MB in which case it should be fine. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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