From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jan 19 18:12:38 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA16460 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 19 Jan 1998 18:12:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from send1a.yahoomail.com (send1a.yahoomail.com [205.180.60.22]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id SAA16446 for ; Mon, 19 Jan 1998 18:12:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rgireyev@yahoo.com) Message-ID: <19980120021200.16736.rocketmail@send1a.yahoomail.com> Received: from [156.153.255.234] by send1a; Mon, 19 Jan 1998 18:12:00 PST Date: Mon, 19 Jan 1998 18:12:00 -0800 (PST) From: Rudy Gireyev Subject: Re: Slices & Partitions To: Antonio Bemfica , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk ---Antonio Bemfica wrote: > > What would be the advantage (if any) of dividing a drive into different > slices and then each slice in different partitions in oposition to having > one single slice (with all the partitions)? I understand the need for it > if there is a second operating system, but is there any point in having > multiple slices if all I'm running is FreeBSD? Will it be easier to > recover from a crash, for example? Yes that would be one reason, that way only one file system gets corrupted. The other reason is flexibility, you can pick which file system you want to have on a given slice/partition. > > In an attempt to answer my onw question (this is another question in > disguise), would it make sense to have a spare root system on a second > slice (is it possible?), Yes and No. > just in case you ever have problems with your > main root partition (or is a fixit floppy just as effective?). Instead of keeping another root partition, or any other partition for that matter, what you should do is simply back up and existing one. You do not have to have a tape drive in order to back up your data, simply tar all the stuff you want saved and then compress it (or gzip it or whatever) and move the zipped tarball somewhere to a separate slice of course :-) > > Thanks for your help > > Antonio > -- > | Antonio Bemfica, Dalhousie University - this message has no cash value > | void where not permitted - valid while supplies last - taxes are extra > | not valid in combination with any other offer - sorry, no rain-checks > > _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com