Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2009 17:21:11 +0000 From: Frank Shute <frank@shute.org.uk> To: Kaya Saman <SamanKaya@netscape.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New user - small file server questions and quick GUI question Message-ID: <20091229172111.GA38927@orange.esperance-linux.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <4B3A3045.3050907@netscape.net> 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> <20091229162711.GA38738@orange.esperance-linux.co.uk> <4B3A3045.3050907@netscape.net>
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On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 06:37:25PM +0200, Kaya Saman wrote: > > [...] > > > >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 > > > > Ah so BSD is slightly different from Linux in the fact that it needs to > have /var and /usr filesystems separate?? You can have /var on the same slice but because it's a filesystem that's constantly being read & written to it's usual to keep it separate from your "static" partitions. > > I guess it must be similar to the way Solaris handles things when UFS > based (not ZFS)..... > > The /home partition then is very similar to Solaris in that /export/home > is considered the user directory. Means BSD stores /home in /usr/home?? Again, it's just a common practice. Due to the PC BIOS, IIRC you're restricted to 4 slices. > > > > > > >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. > > > > OpenOffice or IIRC is for GUI based usage and not CLI. Since this will > be a simple server no GUI or work will be done on the machine itself in > terms of keyboard/mouse setup. Normally I work through SSH so will be > much easier once I have network connectivity up and running after > initial install :-) OK. You may want to make /tmp a separate slice. You can always make it a symlink into /usr at a latter date if you repurpose the machine. You would find that FreeBSD works quite well as a workstation even with that limited hardware. > > > > > >Should work fine. Just remember to make your /home and /tmp symlinks > >as soon as you first boot up. > > > >Regards, > > > > > Thanks!!! > BTW, you mentioned you were going to use packages. If I were you I'd build from source. It's less problematic in my experience and since FreeBSD multitasks so well it's not much of a pain. You've got plenty of room for the ports tree. Best of luck with your installation! Regards, -- Frank Contact info: http://www.shute.org.uk/misc/contact.html
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