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Date:      Sun, 04 Sep 2005 20:12:06 -0500
From:      Robin Smith <rasmith@aristotle.tamu.edu>
To:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: How should I partition 2 80 gig drives? 
Message-ID:  <200509050112.j851C65D030345@aristotle.tamu.edu>
In-Reply-To: Message from garys@opusnet.com (Gary W. Swearingen)  of "Sun, 04 Sep 2005 15:04:33 PDT." <38br38h4lq.r38@mail.opusnet.com> 

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bob self <bobself@charter.net> writes:
> I want to set up FreeBSD 5.4 Release to fully use 2 80 gig hard drives. I'm not sure how I
> should set these up in disklabel editor. I just want to use this as a general purpose machine.

I would recommend putting /usr/local as well as /usr/home on
their own partitions.  It greatly facilitates system upgrades
if you have a large number of users and/or a great many installed
ports.  

Robin Smith



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