From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jul 29 20:17:40 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: doc@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 514AF16A421 for ; Sun, 29 Jul 2007 20:17:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lauri@suoranta.net) Received: from auth-smtp.nebula.fi (auth-smtp.nebula.fi [217.30.180.105]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B6F0013C48E for ; Sun, 29 Jul 2007 20:17:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lauri@suoranta.net) Received: from [192.168.1.110] ([83.145.207.248]) (authenticated bits=0) by auth-smtp.nebula.fi (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id l6TJ1OkO002902 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Sun, 29 Jul 2007 22:01:24 +0300 Message-ID: <46ACEB6B.9050502@suoranta.net> Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2007 22:32:59 +0300 From: Lauri Suoranta User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.5 (Windows/20070716) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: doc@FreeBSD.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Subject: FreeBSD Handbook - 2.6 Allocating Disk Space X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2007 20:17:40 -0000 Above-mentioned chapter has table 2-2 as a suggestion how to partition a disk. It suggests to allocate 50 MB partition for /var. That seems to be a bad idea because pkg_add needs lots of space there while installing packages. Many installations will fail unless you tweak pkg_add's path variables. Regards, Lauri Suoranta -- Lauri Suoranta Kalevanvainio 4 as. 14 FI-02100 ESPOO Tel. +358 50 413 4901 lauri@suoranta.net www.suoranta.net