Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 21:03:17 -0500 From: Peterhin <hindrich@worldchat.com> To: Oliver Leitner <Shadow333@gmx.at> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Partition Size Message-ID: <200501242103.17605.hindrich@worldchat.com> In-Reply-To: <200501250048.j0P0mpq4076864@newalpha.avalonworks.net> References: <200501241943.20596.hindrich@worldchat.com> <200501250048.j0P0mpq4076864@newalpha.avalonworks.net>
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I am going by what G. Lehey is suggesting in his book "The Complete FreeBSD" on pg. 70 he does not recommend a /usr, or a /var file system. > i dont see the /usr in your calculations... > > asside of that... > > it really depends on what youre going to do with the system, or which > data its going to be holding... > I am mostly going to use it for my personal files, internet, email and learning UNIX. > this is absolutely subjective, cant tell you as long as i dont get > any further data on the probably size of your data, and where theyll > be stored... > > > Greetings > Oliver Leitner > Technical Staff > http://www.shells.at > > On Tuesday 25 January 2005 01:43, Peterhin wrote: > > I asked the question the other day, whether to do a standard > > install or a custom install. This was brought about because I read > > several sources, including G. Lehey's "The Complete FreeBSD" > > > > I will be doing a Custom install. My question however, is looking > > at page 70, in "The Complete FreeBSD" and I quote "Use the rest of > > the space on disk for a /home file system. as long as it's possible > > to back it up on a single tape. Otherwise make multiple file > > systems." > > > > My question is do I make multiple /home directories.? I have a SATA > > 80GB hard drive, so as Greg L. suggests 4GB to 6GB for the root > > file system. > > 1GB to 2GB for the Swap file. The rest of the disk for the /home > > file. > > > > That would leave me with a /home of approx. 72GB. I would > > appreciate any thoughts as to how I should do this. The computer > > will be used as a stand alone workstation, with internet and email > > access for now. I do have a large number of JPEG files in my > > existing /home directory. (Linux) -- Peter "Peace is never more than one thought away"
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