From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 21 19:30:18 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 12B7716AA8F for ; Wed, 21 Feb 2007 19:30:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jvender@owensboro.net) Received: from zoot.cinergycom.net (zoot.cinergycom.net [216.135.3.11]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E429D13C478 for ; Wed, 21 Feb 2007 19:30:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jvender@owensboro.net) Received: from kntpin04-nas-03-s105.cinergycom.net ([216.135.25.105]) by zoot.cinergycom.net with esmtpa (Exim 4.52) id 1HJxAO-0005NL-D3; Wed, 21 Feb 2007 13:30:17 -0600 From: Joe Vender To: Roger Olofsson Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 13:28:52 -0600 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.4 References: <200702192337.13712.jvender@owensboro.net> <200702201601.52229.jvender@owensboro.net> <45DBEE4E.4060705@passagen.se> In-Reply-To: <45DBEE4E.4060705@passagen.se> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200702211328.53499.jvender@owensboro.net> X-CCC-Authenticated: jvender@owensboro.net zoot.cinergycom.net 216.135.25.105 20070221193017Z 08ea22ee1d01bfaddd37b4edbf10cfb8 X-CCC-Cleanmail-Virus-Signature: b1c683f8a75d5ab252b78c90c761e259 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Best partitioning scheme for my HDD? Please advise. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 19:30:18 -0000 On Wednesday 21 February 2007 01:01, Roger Olofsson wrote: > Hello again Joe, > > Maybe it depends on what packages you add when running sysinstall? I > have 6.2 on a 6Gb Fujitsu drive and it fits nicely. I only pick kernel > sources from the packages though. Only problem I've noticed is /usr/obj > filling up when making buildworld but a symlink to another drive takes > care of that. > Hi Roger, When I install, I choose from packages, KDE, which has many dependencies, along with various other packages that I use. That puts it over the top for the default auto settings which cause /usr to be too small. Since I only have a 56k dialup connection, I have no intention of trying to do a buildworld or use the ports to install large packages like KDE. It would take too long to download. I'll just use what comes on the CD. I'll wait for the next release to upgrade the full system from CD, except for security patches. For now, I guess I'll just go with the scheme that has worked so far, and if I run into any problems down the road, I'll try something different. I suppose I could just put everything under / but that might introduce other problems such as an unusably corrupted filesystem after a hard crash or excessive fragmentation. I guess the only thing that I need to do with the scheme that I've used before is to increase the /var from 256Mb to 512Mb to be on the safe side, and I'll set the system to keep the logs trimmed. Thanks for the suggestions to all who've helped. Its appreciated. Joe