Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2005 09:57:12 -0500 (EST) From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: kiffin@gish.demon.nl (Kiffin Gish) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to access filesystem on 2nd disk ... Message-ID: <200511221457.jAMEvC1N007611@clunix.cl.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <1132670486.707.15.camel@localhost>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
> > I installed freeBSD 5.4 on a system with two hard disks, which I plan to > use as a dedicated fileserver, and following the default sysinstall > setup I have this: > > root@fileserver# df -h > Filesystem Size Used Avail Capacity Mounted on > /dev/ad0s1a 248M 35M 193M 15% / > devfs 1.0K 1.0K 0B 100% /dev > /dev/ad0s1e 248M 12K 228M 0% /tmp > /dev/ad0s1f 35G 573M 31G 2% /usr > /dev/ad0s1d 248M 1.4M 226M 1% /var > > I have three questions: > > 1/ What's the best way to partition my second 20MB hard disk? Well, if it is really only a 20MB drive, I certainly wouldn't break it up at all. But, if it is really 20GB or something like that - your ad0 looks like it is a nominal 36GB or maybe a 40 GB - then it really depends on what you are doing. > > 2/ Should I dedicate the whole thing to one mount point, say > called /extra? That would not be a bad choice, expecially if you have a backup device that will hold the whole drive. The only real reasons to break it up are to facilitate backup/recovery and to isolate things. > > 3/ Do I also need swap space on the 2nd drive? That would be a good idea, but it is not required. It is a reasonable idea to split your swap over all your drives, but there is nothing that makes that mandatory. ////jerry > > Thanks alot in advance as usual. > > -- > Kiffin Gish > Gouda, The Netherlands > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?200511221457.jAMEvC1N007611>