From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 20 07:56:31 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4C336106564A for ; Tue, 20 Dec 2011 07:56:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@herveybayaustralia.com.au) Received: from mail.unitedinsong.com.au (mail.unitedinsong.com.au [150.101.178.33]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA7218FC15 for ; Tue, 20 Dec 2011 07:56:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from laptop1.herveybayaustralia.com.au (laptop1.herveybayaustralia.com.au [192.168.0.179]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.unitedinsong.com.au (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 2F07D5C24 for ; Tue, 20 Dec 2011 18:08:54 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <4EF03EF6.20809@herveybayaustralia.com.au> Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 17:53:26 +1000 From: Da Rock User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20111109 Thunderbird/7.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <4EE32BB6.3020105@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <4EE38454.3020307@otenet.gr> <4EE3D1F0.60500@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <4989a3ebb7810ed26951cbbd23b7645c.squirrel@webmail.dabus.com> <4EE6943E.40400@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <006a01ccb9b7$df4f1f40$9ded5dc0$@fisglobal.com> <4EF02668.4070608@comcast.net> In-Reply-To: <4EF02668.4070608@comcast.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: 9.0 install and journaling 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 Dec 2011 07:56:31 -0000 On 12/20/11 16:08, Allen wrote: > On 12/13/2011 11:54 AM, Devin Teske wrote: > *Snipping* > >>> On 12/13/11 06:00, Eric S Pulley wrote: >>>>> As for one big / partition- linux may be using it: and its their >>>>> biggest failing! I've had a system lockup due to lack of space. Never >>>>> a problem with bsd as logs will only fill up var, a user won't break >>>>> it with filling up usr, etc. And root always stays protected! Its >>>>> saved my life a number of times... I can quickly fill TB's of data in >>>>> no time, and if something goes bang the logs can be a silent killer too. My >> 2c's >>> anyway... > I didn't know there WERE any Linux distros that still used one root > partition, and one swap... Even Mandriva doesn't do that anymore. > > Fedora for one...