From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 29 16:27:28 2009 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 A679F106566B for ; Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:27:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frank@shute.org.uk) Received: from atmail-10.bnguk.net (atmail-10.bnguk.net [80.74.253.10]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 39AA68FC1C for ; Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:27:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from 77-44-105-82.xdsl.murphx.net ([77.44.105.82] helo=orange.esperance-linux.co.uk) by atmail-10.bnguk.net with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NPeud-0001xx-It; Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:27:11 +0000 Received: by orange.esperance-linux.co.uk (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 14ED54AC20; Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:27:11 +0000 (GMT) Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:27:11 +0000 From: Frank Shute To: Kaya Saman Message-ID: <20091229162711.GA38738@orange.esperance-linux.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Kaya Saman , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <4B3927EB.4030802@optiplex-networks.com> <6201873e0912281420n590b173dtac94f9936cca6e3@mail.gmail.com> <4B393463.5060504@netscape.net> <6201873e0912281504j552d6351mf64d8e566d54bcef@mail.gmail.com> <20091229142310.GD90870@Alex1.lan> <4B3A1E1A.1040506@netscape.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4B3A1E1A.1040506@netscape.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Face: *}~{PHnDTzvXPe'wl_-f%!@+r5; VLhb':*DsX%wEOPg\fDrXWQJf|2\,92"DdS%63t*BHDyQ|OWo@Gfjcd72eaN!4%NE{0]p)ihQ1MyFNtWL X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE-p1 amd64 X-Organisation: 'shute.org.uk' Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New user - small file server questions and quick GUI question X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Frank Shute List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:27:28 -0000 On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 05:19:54PM +0200, Kaya Saman wrote: > > > Many thanks guys for all the advice!!!! :-) > > It is really appreciated! > > Sorry haven't snipped more stuff into this mail but things are a bit > hectic here but what I will say is this; in a few hours once the BSD 8 > DVD ISO comes in I will attempt an install and have a look at what's what. > > The server will be constructed first and then I will look at the GUI > environment with Vbox. > > I reckon the proposed disk usage spec from the FreeBSD hand book should > suffice though shouldn't it?? IMO the root slice is too small in the handbook. You should make it 2GB, since you've got the space. > > With a larger HD I would normally do something like 15 - 25GB / (root) > partition and the rest for /home with round 1.5 - 3GB for swap. > > Now my HD is round 40GB so I will do a minimal install and try to > maximize the /home slice! As result only services I will run are DNS, > NTP, SAMBA and NFS. What is not unusual is to symlink /home e.g: # ln -s /usr/home /home ditto for /tmp. i.e you remove all the stuff that uses up space from the root partition. So the only slices you need are /, /usr, /var and swap. How I'd slice up the disk: 2GB for / 2GB for swap 2GB for /var 34GB for /usr > > I suppose I could get away with something like 2GB for / which would > then contain /tmp, /etc, /root, /boot etc..... Should be OK but /tmp symlinked to /usr/tmp as some things can really fill up /tmp. For example, IIRC OpenOffice needs gigs of temp space to build. > > Only 2 machines will be connected, my uncles Win XP box and my > Linux/Solaris system. Should work fine. Just remember to make your /home and /tmp symlinks as soon as you first boot up. Regards, -- Frank Contact info: http://www.shute.org.uk/misc/contact.html