Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 13:23:29 -0600 From: Joe Vender <jvender@owensboro.net> To: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Best partitioning scheme for my HDD? Please advise. Message-ID: <200702201323.30699.jvender@owensboro.net> In-Reply-To: <20070220161118.GA10384@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> References: <200702192337.13712.jvender@owensboro.net> <20070220161118.GA10384@gizmo.acns.msu.edu>
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On Tuesday 20 February 2007 10:11, Jerry McAllister wrote: ... > If you are not using a database system like MySQL, your later > scheme is probably good. I might make /var 512 MB, but otherwise > not change much. No, not using a database system. > 6 GB is kind of a small disk for 'modern' times > but you should be able to run OK. You're telling me! It makes me nervous. > You will need to keep your logs > in /var/log cleaned out regularly. Yes, I'll do that. > You could trim / a little more > if you really need to. That is what I make mine, but on a much > bigger disk. You could get by with 160 MB or even a little less. > Making it 128 MB might be cutting things a little close. > > Note that good Seagate and other major brand disks in the 70 GB range > are getting pretty cheap now from places like NewEgg, etc. You might > think about that. That's a good idea. I'll check that out. I wonder, will the newer IDE HDDs have any problems with a motherboard that is a 1999 model? Any suggestions as to a good quality, low priced HDD in the 40-70 Gb range that I could put in my 1999 Compaq Presario 5184? > > Have fun, > > ////jerry > > > Thanks, > > Joe > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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