Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:10:14 -0800 From: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> To: David Rawling <djr@pdconsec.net> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: how to do a custom install? Message-ID: <20091116001014.GA11539@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <BFDFFE175893404B8BC865EE888E83B80122CC@pd-exbe.pdconsec.local> References: <20091115090300.GA8859@thought.org> <BFDFFE175893404B8BC865EE888E83B80122CC@pd-exbe.pdconsec.local>
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On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 08:59:32PM +1100, David Rawling wrote: > -----Original Message----- > From: Gary Kline > Sent: Sun 15/11/2009 8:03 PM > > > due to strange disk problems i was down for around 30 hours. i am > currently wiping dos/win off in favor of 7.2-R and i have a question > about doing a "custom" install that would let me slice the drive into > more that four pieces. > > i am building, by default, > > /, > /var > SWAP, and > /usr > > it has been years since my custom install where [[*some*]] technique > let me slice something like, say, > > /, > /var, > /tmp, > /usr/local/ > SWAP, and > /usr > > anybody remember what keys to hit in the installation procedure? > > tia, > > gary > > I can't say that I remember the keystrokes, but you can have multiple disk slices (aka Windows/DOS partitions) and within each slice, multiple BSD partitions (IIRC up to 8). > > I have mine partitioned into (generally) > > / - 1GB > swap - 2x - 4x RAM > /tmp - 4GB > /var - 20GB > /usr - 40% > /backup - remainder > > I use the whole disk for BSD (single slice) and create the partitions as whatever size suits. > > Dave. yeah, i kinda, sorta remember now. you type "A" for the entire drive, then keep slicing off pieces. hmm, i think once i did that and got a big, fat X for the 5th one.... maybe i didn't enter the "A" that time. just for the heck of it, i'll retry, tx, gary > -- > David Rawling > PD Consulting And Security > Email: djr@pdconsec.net > -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org The 7.31a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org/index.php
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