From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 17 01:46:50 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9EB33106564A for ; Mon, 17 Jan 2011 01:46:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from xaero@xaerolimit.net) Received: from mail-ey0-f182.google.com (mail-ey0-f182.google.com [209.85.215.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 422D58FC18 for ; Mon, 17 Jan 2011 01:46:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: by eyf6 with SMTP id 6so2388213eyf.13 for ; Sun, 16 Jan 2011 17:46:49 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.213.10.207 with SMTP id q15mr3064217ebq.38.1295228808953; Sun, 16 Jan 2011 17:46:48 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.213.8.142 with HTTP; Sun, 16 Jan 2011 17:46:28 -0800 (PST) From: Chris Brennan Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2011 20:46:28 -0500 Message-ID: To: FreeBSD Questions Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Partitioning/slicing USB HD 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: Mon, 17 Jan 2011 01:46:50 -0000 So I've hot a 60GB 2.5" IDE Hard Drive in a USB Enclosure. Thing works like a champ, even in FreeBSD. I'm curious the best (or most efficient?) way to cut the drive up. My Goal is to have a bootable slice (5ish GB for the latest stable DVD), some free space if I need to write to a location reliably from the Fixit prompt and then have several slices for various branches, checked out at my leisure that I can mount to /usr/src on what ever machine I happen to be on or traveling to. Should I suffice to use bsdlabel or should I think about gpt? I've read a bit on both and am not sure which is really the best choice for this application. c-