Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2007 23:06:42 +0200 From: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> To: Graham Bentley <admin@cpcnw.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Starting again from Scratch Message-ID: <20070625210642.GA3353@slackbox.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <20070625182711.5798a588@3bsd.cpcnw.co.uk> References: <20070625120019.668D416A49A@hub.freebsd.org> <20070625151858.20ee23ad@3bsd.cpcnw.co.uk> <20070625160844.GB28294@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <20070625175144.6f145b7f@3bsd.cpcnw.co.uk> <20070625171659.GA30692@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <20070625182711.5798a588@3bsd.cpcnw.co.uk>
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--SUOF0GtieIMvvwua Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Jun 25, 2007 at 06:27:11PM +0100, Graham Bentley wrote: <snip> >=20 > Is it considered OK to update the ports and build up your worktop > *without* bothering with building world? Also, building a kernel > but leaving world at release? You only _have_ to rebuild world and the kernel if you have updated your source tree. You can build a new kernel if you want certain devices built into the kernel that are not in the generic kernel or if you want to build a kernel with just the devices that you need and nothing more. You don't have to rebuild world as long as world and kernel are built from the same source tree. > My system is an Athalon2.4/1GB/NV5200 so seems quick enough and > I am not in that much of a hurry. However, I dont want to spend > hours and hours waiting for compiles... You can use packages in that case. Be sure to fetch the packages from -STABLE, not from RELEASE, so you get the latest. Some ports are not available as packages for some reason, e.g. because the license forbids it. =20 > Can you clue me up on xorg 'meta-port' ??? That's just a port that references all the ports that make up Xorg. If you install that, you'll have the complete Xorg. You'll have more stuff installed (e.g. drivers) than you really need, but knowing which ones you need and which you kan skip is not a newbie job. > I can feel a re-install coming on ....=20 Think carefully about the partitions you make. I'd advise the following (if you have disk space to spare) 100-200MB for / 100MB for /tmp 5+GB for /usr 300MB for /var 2x the amount of RAM for swap the rest for /home Having /home seperate is very handy for making backups. Currently / has used around 88MB, /usr 4649MB and /var 146MB on my amd64 sy= stem. Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --SUOF0GtieIMvvwua Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFGgC5iEnfvsMMhpyURAuKgAJ9JfFKcac8UU9uK/NbzC1eOZDhmFACbBHjN xJb3dn8mXOWvRvI1tmGk7to= =8K2j -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --SUOF0GtieIMvvwua--
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