Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 06:05:40 +1000 From: "Don Hansford" <donh@halenet.com.au> To: <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Disks...? Message-ID: <001701bf15b6$543bce60$332137cb@igor> References: <3.0.3.32.19991013111434.0071b580@slider>
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The result of having your root, swap & usr on seperate slices is that the swap file doesn't get confused (ala Windows), and cause freezes & hangs as it tries to overwrite system files,etc. It is a better system, trust me! :-)) Regards Igor **************************************************** * "I use UNIX because reboots are for hardware upgrades" * **************************************************** ----- Original Message ----- From: Michael Rothenberg <rothenberg@automationonline.com> To: <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Thursday, October 14, 1999 1:14 AM Subject: Disks...? > I was reading in the complete free bsd about how fbsd organises a disk. I > got confused. All I want is a dedicated fbsd pc with one physical drive. On > that drive it seems that it will be divided up into 4 slices(which come > after the MBR and partition table)? Cant I just have 1 slice be the whole > drive? So my root, swap, and /usr will be on the same big slice. > > Or do these slices become transparent to all? Or is it required that I have > a different slice for each..?? > > I didnt bring the book to work or I would list page nums };) > > Thanks! > > -michael > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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