Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 16:42:34 +0000 From: Alex Zbyslaw <xfb52@dial.pipex.com> To: Kevin Kinsey <kdk@daleco.biz> Cc: Sasa Stupar <sasa@stupar.homelinux.net>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Slices Message-ID: <439EF9FA.4010801@dial.pipex.com> In-Reply-To: <439EF402.9030101@daleco.biz> References: <200512130029.jBD0T11I020665@clunix.cl.msu.edu> <9CF863F9FF55D6301DA0C9B3@[192.168.10.249]> <439EF402.9030101@daleco.biz>
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Kevin Kinsey wrote: >> OK. But then what would be ideal slice size for /, /var, /usr, /boot? >> > > A word of probable caution (though I stand ready to be corrected): > FreeBSD isn't like Linux in the fact that it expects /boot to be > in / (the 'a' slice of whatever disk the bootmgr has been instructed > to use)... so a seperate /boot will likely get you in trouble.... > You're not wrong. /boot directory should be on / partition. This has come up before but my attempts to find the discussion failed :-( Nitpickingly, that's the "a" BSD-partition of whatever slice (aka "fdisk partition") of whatever disk bootmgr has been instructed to use. There nothing (except a crap BIOS or an ancient machine) to stop you from booting any of the 4 slices (apart from logical ones IIUC). I've certainly had 3 different FreeBSD installations on a single disk before now. --Alex
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