Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2005 10:30:30 +0100 From: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> To: Dick Hoogendijk <dick@nagual.st> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: disk layout Message-ID: <20051112093030.GA32128@slackbox.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <20051112091852.GA84679@lothlorien.nagual.st> References: <20051112091852.GA84679@lothlorien.nagual.st>
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--gBBFr7Ir9EOA20Yy Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Nov 12, 2005 at 10:18:52AM +0100, Dick Hoogendijk wrote: > I have still a small question. > I'll install FreeBSD-6 on a 160G drive. > Is it OK to just use the "normal" layout (/ /var /tmp /usr) or will it > be smarter to create some slices extra like /home or /data ? > All slices are on the same disk, but I wonder if it will be better from > fragmentation or other reasons unknown to me to have more slices. For backup purposes, I'd separate at least /home. As a general rule, try to keep filesystems small enough so that a full dump (or other backup) fits on your preferred backup medium. Roland --=20 R.F.Smith (http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/) Please send e-mail as plain text. public key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt --gBBFr7Ir9EOA20Yy Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFDdbY2EnfvsMMhpyURAgJdAKCtl2NSfSZ2Di9zpEsM0MPjeVQp5gCePxwM fLaD/vfGW/9E8KgoDJFIgxA= =z7wq -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --gBBFr7Ir9EOA20Yy--
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