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Date:      Tue, 3 Feb 1998 23:07:29 -0600 (CST)
From:      Bruce Albrecht <bruce@zuhause.mn.org>
To:        Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
Cc:        jord@gnawk.dial.eunet.es, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Partitioning 3.5 G HD for FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <199802040507.XAA16559@zuhause.mn.org>
In-Reply-To: <19980131102711.28276@lemis.com>
References:  <199801302350.AAA00671@gnawk.dial.eunet.es> <19980131102711.28276@lemis.com>

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Greg Lehey writes:
 > There's no reason to have separate file systems for /usr/src and
 > /usr/local.  Some people prefer a separate /var file system, but I
 > don't recommend that either.  Instead create a directory /usr/var and
 > make /var a symlink to that directory.

I like to split things out into different partitions, because it can
make it easier to back up filesystems if one's disks are larger than a
single tape's capacity.



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