From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 20 22:03:03 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F6AA16C958 for ; Tue, 20 Feb 2007 22:03:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jvender@owensboro.net) Received: from zoot.cinergycom.net (zoot.cinergycom.net [216.135.3.11]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A55F13C474 for ; Tue, 20 Feb 2007 22:03:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jvender@owensboro.net) Received: from kntpin04-nas-03-s132.cinergycom.net ([216.135.25.132]) by zoot.cinergycom.net with esmtpa (Exim 4.52) id 1HJd4g-0006O8-7e; Tue, 20 Feb 2007 16:03:02 -0600 From: Joe Vender To: Roger Olofsson Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 16:01:51 -0600 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.4 References: <200702192337.13712.jvender@owensboro.net> <45DB50EB.6010901@passagen.se> In-Reply-To: <45DB50EB.6010901@passagen.se> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200702201601.52229.jvender@owensboro.net> X-CCC-Authenticated: jvender@owensboro.net zoot.cinergycom.net 216.135.25.132 20070220220302Z 61ecb50b9b4e78c15fa0438eb5c7cf85 X-CCC-Cleanmail-Virus-Signature: 9bcc66ebf570fb741808f25d375cb5a3 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Best partitioning scheme for my HDD? Please advise. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 22:03:03 -0000 On Tuesday 20 February 2007 13:50, Roger Olofsson wrote: > Hello Joe, > > May I suggest a small trick that really makes your life alot easier. Go > with the default values when you install the FreeBSD, ie accept the > sysinstall generated autos. (Make sure to make / and swap the first > partitions though). > > Now, whenever a partition gets filled up, just do a symlink to another > partition. The command is ln -s and is a real lifesaver. Whenever all > partitions are full, just stick another HD in the machine and ln -s to > that drive. > I can't do this. When using the auto defaults, /usr fills up even before the installation is complete. But the suggestion is interesting for handling other slices for an already installed system. Thanks for the suggestion, Roger. Right now, I'm checking into just adding a PCI ATA/100 controller - my system is a 1999 model and uses ATA/33 :-( and upgrading my HDD to a more modern 40 or 80 Mb drive, possibly a Western Digital Caviar SE WD800JB 80GB IDE Ultra ATA100 Hard Drive. I can get the drive for around $45 at newegg.com, and it seems to be well received by customer reviews. Joe