From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 10 14:45:00 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB1D816A4CE for ; Fri, 10 Dec 2004 14:45:00 +0000 (GMT) Received: from net.netophilia.net (ns.netophilia.net [66.96.216.250]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A35943D2F for ; Fri, 10 Dec 2004 14:45:00 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bsd-lists@netophilia.net) Received: from localhost (localhost.netophilia.net [127.0.0.1]) by net.netophilia.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A434138EA; Fri, 10 Dec 2004 09:44:58 -0500 (EST) Received: from net.netophilia.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (net.netophilia.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 51406-09; Fri, 10 Dec 2004 09:44:53 -0500 (EST) Received: by net.netophilia.net (Postfix, from userid 1005) id 97768138E8; Fri, 10 Dec 2004 09:44:53 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2004 09:44:53 -0500 From: Dan Kilbourne To: Kiffin Gish Message-ID: <20041210144453.GB94517@netophilia.net> References: <000001c4de33$7cc10760$9900000a@ZGISH> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <000001c4de33$7cc10760$9900000a@ZGISH> Organization: netophilia.net Visit: http://netophilia.net User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at netophilia.net cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Recommended partitions laptop + server... X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2004 14:45:00 -0000 Kiffin Gish extolled: > Who can offer me suggestions for the best way to partition my laptop? This is really a very general question, and bound to start a flamewar of the "best" partition scheme, but here is what I use. > > 12.5 GBytes HD > 512 MB memory > Dell Inspiron 8200 PIII > > I am thinking about the following: > > / 4G > SWAP 512M > /home remaining I personally only have / and swap. On my 20 GB drive I have 768MB swap and the rest is / > > Is this correct? Depends on your needs. > > Howabout a web server? Depends on your needs. > > 40 GBytes HD > 512 MB memory > AMD Sempron 3100+ Will this be a shell server? web server? mail server? file server? If it is a web server, I would do it like this: 1 GB swap 2 GB / (this can be much smaller, I just like to copy files into /root occasionally) 6 GB /usr 2 GB /var 2 GB /tmp (keep /tmp separate to help security) Remainder /home If it is a mail server, I would do it like this: 1 GB swap 2 GB / (this can be much smaller, I just like to copy files into /root occasionally) 6 GB /usr 2 GB /home 2 GB /tmp (keep /tmp separate to help security) Remainder /var It really depends on your planned usage. > > Thanks in advance. > > -- > > Kiffin Rex Gish > Gouda, The Netherlands > > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-newbies > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-newbies-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- ___ Dan