Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2020 13:39:31 -0500 From: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> To: questions@freebsd.org Cc: Jan Stary <hans@stare.cz> Subject: auto partitioning Message-ID: <24514.39267.505671.863940@jerusalem.litteratus.org> In-Reply-To: <X8KTdBvC3GpkuwHZ@www.stare.cz> References: <X8KTdBvC3GpkuwHZ@www.stare.cz>
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Jan Stary <hans@stare.cz> writes; > I tried installing FreeBSD (12.2 release, amd64) on one of my > laptops (after years of using OpenBSD almost exclusively, so > please bare with me). Full dmesg below. > > Taking the easy way, I opted for the auto partitioning in the > installer, which apparently creates one huge partition spanning > the whole disk. > > Filesystem Size Used Avail Capacity Mounted on > /dev/ada0s1a 285G 7.1G 255G 3% / > devfs 1.0K 1.0K 0B 100% /dev > > Is that intended? I got used to separating /usr, /var/, /tmp and > /home for various reasons. Is one big partition the preferred way > to do things in FreeBSD? Short answer: you asked for the easy way; you got the easy way. My guess is anything else involves variables and decisions that are - and probably should remain - beyond the scope of the installer. I haven't done "the easy way" since version 3, if not earlier. But I can explain why, and I'm willing to put in the time. Respectfully, Robert Huff -- Hello ... my name is SARS-CoV-2. You are not wearing a mask? Prepare to die!
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