Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2000 09:49:04 +0900 From: "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com> To: "Jeffrey J. Mountin" <jeff-ml@mountin.net> Cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: feedback on CD install of 4.0-RC2 Message-ID: <38AF3A00.BCD1CBB1@newsguy.com> References: <Your message of "Fri, 18 Feb 2000 10:12:20 EST." <200002181512.KAA01992@spoon.beta.com> <3.0.3.32.20000219043230.009e2430@207.227.119.2>
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"Jeffrey J. Mountin" wrote: > > At 10:36 AM 2/18/00 -0800, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > >I will also say here and now that even I use the Standard installation > >since I don't like having to remember all the canonical steps in setting > >up a "stock" system and if anybody should remember them, it should be > >me - I've probably installed FreeBSD at least 50,000 times. :-) > > Ah, but doesn't the now-standard-install make a partition for /var and /tmp? No. The partitioner creates /, /usr, /var and swap if you say so. That's the exact same partitioner used in any installation mode. > I'd rather have a /, swap, and /usr. Then, at need, add drives at mount > points. No need to get into they why, what, and where, but suffice to say > is the main reason for using custom. The ports and X are added after the It's another indication that you misunderstand "novice" and "custom", proving that they are misnamed. -- Daniel C. Sobral (8-DCS) dcs@newsguy.com dcs@freebsd.org "If you consider our help impolite, you should see the manager." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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