Date: Sat, 4 Jun 2011 23:11:02 -0400 From: Robert Simmons <rsimmons0@gmail.com> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Partitioning with gpart or old style slices? Message-ID: <BANLkTimbmGFHYWdAd7BxzH%2Bdz1rZqt7D7w@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1106042039240.34792@wonkity.com> References: <4DEAAE54.1050508@locolomo.org> <BANLkTinoDAOxj0AYvYmdia_jLhW54F4jig@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1106042039240.34792@wonkity.com>
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On Sat, Jun 4, 2011 at 10:43 PM, Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> wrote: > There's a sample in the second half of my disk setup article: > > http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/disksetup.html Looks good. I have a few critiques: 1) Linux and FreeBSD do not have alignment requirements, as far as I know. So you may want to include a note about this when you say "Create partition for /. It should start at the 1M boundary for alignment on 4K sector drives, or 2048 blocks:" This would only be necessary for dual-boot with an OS that has alignment requirements such as windows. This would essentially be the difference between the two old methods of dedicated and not. 2) Perhaps add a note about softupdates (-U) for partitions other than / when you describe the newfs steps. 3) I like to put /root in its own partition on the off chance that it fills up. That way it's in a little sandbox and does not fill /. But this is personal preference, I guess. I think your article would be a good place to start for making an updated section in the handbook.
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