Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2002 23:35:57 -0400 From: Mark Filipak <filipak@earthlink.net> To: Jan Grant <Jan.Grant@bristol.ac.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Mark asks: How should I partition/slice for appliance? Message-ID: <3CC4D69D.86A86352@earthlink.net> References: <Pine.GSO.4.44.0204221350530.17335-100000@mail.ilrt.bris.ac.uk>
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By now, Jan, you have my off list response. (On list) here's what happened, everyone: The install blew up just like it did two years ago. The difference this time is, I know why. I planned this: / :.. tmp@ // link = /usr/tmp/ :.. var@ // link = /usr/var/ usr/ :.. tmp :.. var The installer doesn't give me the option, and simply does this, instead: / :.. tmp/ :.. var/ usr/ So the root runs out of space and what the installer does then is ugly. THIS SHOULD BE FIXED. I can't believe the installer is as stooopid as it was two years ago. I have a lot of other feedback about the installer (some good, most bad). I guess I will have to subscribe to the appropriate bsd list (can't recall it at the moment... reminder, anyone?) Ciao -- Mark Jan Grant wrote: > > On Sun, 21 Apr 2002, Mark Filipak wrote: > > > Howdy All! > > > > I'm about to istall 4.5 on another box. While I use the other box, > > email is not accessable (until I'm successful that is). > > > > I've looked at the "FreeBSD Handbook" and it doesn't have help for > > building an appliance. Here's the particulars: > > > > gateway + firewall + mail-server + www-server + ftp-server + LAN file > > server. > > > > 2 ethernet cards > > #1 - connects to my wintel box. PPPoE? > > #2 - connects to this building's gateway. PPPoE for this too? > > > > Memory: 24 MB > > Disk: 840 MB > > > > Emphasis: This is just to be an appliance. CLI only. LAN interface for > > configuration, account management, etc. via cgi. > > > > What are your recommendations for the sizes of: > > > > / > > (swap) > > /var > > /tmp > > /usr -- I know... the rest of the disk, right? > > You've got a fairly small disk there; I'd be inclined to have a small / > (64MB), swap (48MB), and one partition for /usr. Make /tmp and /var > symlinks into /usr/tmp and /usr/var. That way, you can maximise the > space you've got spare. > > > What are your recommendations for these: > > > > gateway > > firewall > > I'd use ipfw and natd, because they come with FBSD and do what you're > after. > > > mail server (sendmail? or something else?) > > sendmail's fine; there are alternatives (as I'm sure you're aware). > Sendmail is only an MTA, however: you'll need something to interface > with your client if you want to read your email. Much as I tend to avoid > it, qmail has a good suite of stuff, it's small and robust, and there's > a pop server that lives closely with it. > > The advantage of sendmail is that it comes built in, but you'd need > _something_ to talk to your MUA for reading mail. > > > www server (apache?) > > Apache, yeah - building from the ports should be fine. > > > ftp server > > FreeBSD's ftp server should be fine. > > > LAN file server (samba?) > > Yep, samba. > > > I'm a raw newbie (but pretty nubile 8^). > > adj, (esp. of women) "of a marriageable age". OK, if you say so... > > -- > jan grant, ILRT, University of Bristol. http://www.ilrt.bris.ac.uk/ > Tel +44(0)117 9287088 Fax +44 (0)117 9287112 RFC822 jan.grant@bris.ac.uk > Goth isn't dead, it's just lying very still and sucking its cheeks in. -- See my resume: http://home.earthlink.net/~filipak/resume/ See my music trade pages: http://home.earthlink.net/~filipak/music/ Last updated: 14 April 2002 Q: Is UNIX the spawn of Satan? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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