From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 9 23:45:47 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: doc@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8025B16A41F for ; Fri, 9 Sep 2005 23:45:47 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from pi.codefab.com (pi.codefab.com [199.103.21.227]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 17F4943D48 for ; Fri, 9 Sep 2005 23:45:46 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pi.codefab.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A9785D0E; Fri, 9 Sep 2005 19:45:46 -0400 (EDT) Received: from pi.codefab.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (pi.codefab.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 38097-04; Fri, 9 Sep 2005 19:45:44 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [192.168.1.3] (pool-68-161-79-217.ny325.east.verizon.net [68.161.79.217]) by pi.codefab.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F7465CE3; Fri, 9 Sep 2005 19:45:43 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <43221EAA.4000105@mac.com> Date: Fri, 09 Sep 2005 19:45:46 -0400 From: Chuck Swiger Organization: The Courts of Chaos User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.11) Gecko/20050801 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Peter Leftwich References: <14869.63.109.229.13.1126307829.squirrel@webmail.alienwebshop.com> In-Reply-To: <14869.63.109.229.13.1126307829.squirrel@webmail.alienwebshop.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at codefab.com Cc: sdbug@sdbug.org, doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Suggestions for www.freebsd.org and questions X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 09 Sep 2005 23:45:47 -0000 Peter Leftwich wrote: > Hi everyone. Hi. Cross-posting trimmed to just doc@, there's rarely a need to crosspost between FreeBSD lists. > I was studying up on > http://www.freebsd.org/releases/5.4R/installation-i386.html > which I have at home on two CD-Rs and which I plan to install this > weekend - hhooot whoot!! OK, have fun. > Some suggestions for the freebsd.org webmaster. Perhaps others > might find these useful as well? > > [1] I think the URL above ought to have a sort of organized, list of > contents at the top such as > > 1.3 Topic1 > 1.4 Topic2 > 1.5 Topic-Or-FAQ-Question3... > > The list would be a Table of Contents at the beginning, with each > section **hyperlinked** for easier, faster knowledge transference. I suspect you'll find what you're looking for in the Handbook, specificly at: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install.html The URL you were looking at is an article intended as a brief summary, not a multi-chapter document. > [2] I noticed that the links below are general instructions, but > maybe having two very similar documents throws off some people > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/index.html > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/install.html The second URL mentioned here is chapter 3 of the first URL. > [2] Lastly, some background - I came to the site seeking general > install recommendations, such as about suggested mountpoints and > slices (partition) ideology and sizes. Has this been asked before? Lots of times, actually. :-) > I have a 200GB HDD and no definite plan about setting up slices and > dirs!! OK. Take a look at what the "automatic" suggestion is, and then adjust it as you please. For example, many people make /tmp and /var bigger than the default of 256 or 512MB. Some people create a /home partition rather than having it put in /usr via a symlink. Others create an /opt partition. A few people even create just a single partition, which is not recommended but will work okay. > [3] Disk space required? I realize the website gives minimum > recommendations such as 160mb and 24mb RAM for example. Is it a > good idea to set up an OS-only slice / bare minimum / then have a > separate slice for my binaries and XFree86? It's reasonable to create a partition for your stuff, whether that is /home, or /usr/local, or /opt, as you wish. You can confortably fit FreeBSD onto a 4 GB drive, although if you are going to be rebuilding world (aka all of the system), running a large database, website, or whatever, then you'll use more space as your tasks demand. Thanks for the suggestions, -- -Chuck