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Date:      Fri, 23 Apr 1999 14:06:22 +0000
From:      Adam Nealis <adamn@csl.com>
To:        Fernando Schapachnik <fpscha@ns1.sminter.com.ar>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Partition sizes on 3.1
Message-ID:  <37207E5E.E9364564@csl.com>
References:  <199904231248.JAA07787@ns1.sminter.com.ar>

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You didn't say how much disk space you have to play with
8-).

Fernando Schapachnik wrote:
> 
> Hello:
>         I'm going to set up a server running 2.2.8 because it will be heavy
> loaded and I want it to be as solid as posible. However, I'm planning an
> upgrade to 3.2 or 3.3 when -STABLE gets mature enough.
>         My idea is to partition it like this:
> 
> /
> /usr
> /usr/local
> /var
> /home
> /tmp
> /data
> 
>         The goal is to make it easier to upgrade (backup /etc, fresh-install
> on / and /usr, then remount remaining partitions). I want to know how
> much space (aprox.) do I need for / and /usr on -STABLE.
Here's the layout of a 2.2.7-STABLE box I have.

/export[2-6] are users' data (equivalent to your /home I
suppose).

I have 512MB swap as I have 128MB RAM.

/tmp is big because it's an AMANDA holding disk (as is
/usr2), plus I have 

/usr/obj => /usr2/obj for make world

NB Until about 10 days ago /usr/ports, /usr/X11R6, /usr/src
and /usr/local were all part of my /usr partition, with
/usr/distfiles => /usr2/distfiles. It was a pain so I think
you're doing the right thing by using lots of partitions.
Although my /usr/ports looks a bit excessive, remember that
when you do a make of the latest XFree86 you can kiss 200MB
goodbye on /usr/ports.

Filesystem  1K-blocks     Used    Avail Capacity  Mounted on
/dev/wd0s1a     49231    25701    19592    57%    /
/dev/wd0s1e    396895       45   365099     0%    /tmp
/dev/wd0s1f    939087    96704   767257    11%    /usr
/dev/wd1s1e    396895    44568   320576    12%    /var
/dev/wd1s1f   1887023   150272  1585790     9%    /usr2
/dev/wd1s1g   1798559  1373445   281230    83%    /export2
/dev/sd0s1a    807972   511333   232002    69%    /usr/ports
/dev/sd0s1e    496367   166014   290644    36%    /usr/src
/dev/sd0s1f    496367   117936   338722    26%    /usr/X11R6
/dev/sd0s1g   1017327   407766   528175    44%    /export6
/dev/sd0s1h   1490111   468688   902215    34%    /usr/local
/dev/sd1s1e   1360895  1228340    23684    98%    /export3
/dev/sd1s1f   1380399   862306   407662    68%    /export4
/dev/sd1s1g   1364871   772968   482714    62%    /export5


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