Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2007 15:43:49 +0100 (CET) From: Gergely CZUCZY <phoemix@harmless.hu> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: docs/107432: Handbook's default partitioning schema is out-of-date Message-ID: <200701021443.l02EhnKH000575@marvin.harmless.hu> Resent-Message-ID: <200701021520.l02FKGds022678@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 107432 >Category: docs >Synopsis: Handbook's default partitioning schema is out-of-date >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Tue Jan 02 15:20:16 GMT 2007 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Gergely CZUCZY >Release: FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE-p10 i386 >Organization: >Environment: System: FreeBSD marvin.harmless.hu 6.1-RELEASE-p10 FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE-p10 #5: Sun Nov 19 10:39:45 CET 2006 root@marvin.harmless.hu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/MARVIN i386 It was reported by a user who has just installed 6.2-RC2 >Description: The handbook's default partitioning scheme looks like this: a 100MB / b 2-3x RAM swap d 50MB /var e rest /usr now, the user installed his comupter like this, and he asked that why was he out-of-space when he installed some packages. i checked my desktop's /var. usage, and it was 56MB so, things might had been changed since then. >How-To-Repeat: See description. >Fix: i suggest the following partitioning scheme for newbies in the handbook: a 500MB / b 500MB-2G swap (depending on the ammount of RAM) d rest /usr having a separate /var for first installers is not so important. for later on usage it could be suggested to use more partitions, and the different tree points were explained along with why they might need a separate partition. like: / 500MB, rootfs swap depending on the amount of RAM /usr as big as possible, user applications were take place here, along with ports and system sources /tmp separation might be needed to not let temporary large files to disturb the system. also think of /var/tmp /var ~100MB with respect to /var/log, /var/db /var/log it's a good idea to sperate this, thus some logs might fill the disk which can disturb other daemons using /var /usr/home or /home, user account data /usr/local 3rdparty packages, to separate them from the base system ... so on. so, i suggest a general newbie-partition-schema and a detailed explanation for advanced/production/non-desktop usage >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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