Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 08:02:41 +0200 From: Andreas Klemm <andreas@klemm.gtn.com> To: Marty Leisner <leisner@sdsp.mc.xerox.com> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How should I partition my disk? Message-ID: <19970910080241.02760@klemm.gtn.com> In-Reply-To: <9709091907.AA22307@gnu.sdsp.mc.xerox.com>; from Marty Leisner on Tue, Sep 09, 1997 at 12:07:07PM -0800 References: <9709091907.AA22307@gnu.sdsp.mc.xerox.com>
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On Tue, Sep 09, 1997 at 12:07:07PM -0800, Marty Leisner wrote:
>
> I've seen no guidelines on how big to make partitions...(if I've
> missed it, please point it out to me).
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Avail Capacity Mounted on
/dev/sd1a 31743 18299 10905 63% /
/dev/sd1s1e 194471 151937 26977 85% /var
/dev/sd1s1g 1457855 588682 752545 44% /usr
/dev/sd1s1f 297663 169121 104729 62% /usr/src
/dev/sd0s2e 248047 139348 88856 61% /usr/obj
/dev/sd0s2f 545759 404711 97388 81% /cvs
/dev/sd0s2g 179011 112631 52060 68% /news
/dev/sd2s1e 99183 6888 84361 8% /www
/dev/sd2s1f 1882495 1349258 382638 78% /local
procfs 4 4 0 100% /proc
mfs:28 30991 9 28503 0% /tmp
> I have a 6.4 gig IDE quantum bigfoot...I'm willing to give
> about 1.2 gig to freebsd...
32M -> root fs
swap -> 66M or 130M (depends on your memory and needs)
/var -> 32M + printing (server) + news spool + users mailboxes
/usr -> has base os, OS src and ports and X11R6 (/usr/local) 200+
/home -> your users work space ...
or better ... leave out /home, create accounts in /usr/accounts
and dedicate the Rest of the space to the /usr filesystem.
> When I have enough space, I should be able to install everything,
> including sources (not ports).
>
> Any reasonable ideas for a basic install (i.e. sizes and mount points)
> ? (I hate the fact we insiston swap space).
Figure out ... make perhaps a small test installation, that
fits your needs only to see, how much space remains ...
Keep in mind, that /usr/local grows rapidly with every freshly
installed application and when using X11.
Mybe you want a separate filesystem for the news (if you are
running an nntp server). There you maybe want to use another
filesystem setup, not 8192/1024 but 4096/512 ...
Maybe same for proxy cache when driving a Proxy server ...
Cheers
Andreas ///
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