Date: Mon, 15 Jun 1998 20:50:03 -0700 From: Tim Gerchmez <fewtch@serv.net> To: Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au> Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Where to get Windows Internet stuff/ More on Windows & BSD Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.19980615205003.007ef680@mx.serv.net> In-Reply-To: <19980616132538.54321@welearn.com.au> References: <3.0.5.32.19980615175855.007f0250@mx.serv.net> <3.0.5.32.19980614002726.007fa8c0@mx.serv.net> <3.0.5.32.19980613224241.007ecb30@mx.serv.net> <Pine.BSF.3.96.980614135505.23112A-100000@parwati.oaep.go.t <3.0.5.32.19980614002726.007fa8c0@mx.serv.net> <19980615153541.A1607@oaep.go.th> <3.0.5.32.19980615175855.007f0250@mx.serv.net>
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Well, it doesn't really matter... I divided it up OK, it's just that only 2% of the 80 megs in /var is in use, which is kind of a waste (I suppose I can start using /var for more things (caches, etc) to remedy that. Other than that, it's set up RIGHT, it's just hard to find the perfect balance of amount of space each partition needs. I didn't do too badly, except that I wish I'd given /var 40 rather than 80 megs. I made the mistake because on a previous install, I got a system Email I thought was saying only 2% of space on /var was remaining. Actually, it was saying 2% was *used*. So I doubled the amount of space on /var on the next install, thinking it needed more. BTW, re-installing from scratch is never a big deal to me, I learn more every time I do it, and I don't even mind losing some customizations. Maybe I'll customize better the next time around. Most customizations in FreeBSD are in /etc anyway, and I can Gzip and save all that if I ever do a total re-install (which BTW, when v3 of FreeBSD becomes the current release, I *will* be doing - repartitioning and reinstalling from scratch). At 01:25 PM 6/16/98 +1000, you wrote: >> / - 40 megs >> /var - 80 megs (Why did I do this??) >> /usr - 820 megs >> swap - 60 megs (machine has 32 megs RAM) - sounds reasonable to everyone? >Holy cow! This is about the only thing that you can't fix after >installation, and you want to get it right. The LAST THING you'd want >to be doing is taking advice from a newbie, or from this list, >or anyone met on this list. > >Even if you know that someone here knows what they're talking about, or >correspond in private email, you're taking a risk compared to the >alternative. If you ask about something like this in freebsd-questions >and someone gives you a stupid, biased or mistaken answer, there's >hundreds of others ready to correct them. You don't want to throw that >opportunity away when your disk depends on it. > >-- > >Regards, > -*Sue*- -- My web site starts at http://www.serv.net/~fewtch/index.html - lots of goodies for everyone, have a look if you have the time. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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