Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2004 09:44:53 -0500 From: Dan Kilbourne <bsd-lists@netophilia.net> To: Kiffin Gish <kiffin.gish@planet.nl> Cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Recommended partitions laptop + server... Message-ID: <20041210144453.GB94517@netophilia.net> In-Reply-To: <000001c4de33$7cc10760$9900000a@ZGISH> References: <000001c4de33$7cc10760$9900000a@ZGISH>
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Kiffin Gish extolled: > Who can offer me suggestions for the best way to partition my laptop? This is really a very general question, and bound to start a flamewar of the "best" partition scheme, but here is what I use. > > 12.5 GBytes HD > 512 MB memory > Dell Inspiron 8200 PIII > > I am thinking about the following: > > / 4G > SWAP 512M > /home remaining I personally only have / and swap. On my 20 GB drive I have 768MB swap and the rest is / > > Is this correct? Depends on your needs. > > Howabout a web server? Depends on your needs. > > 40 GBytes HD > 512 MB memory > AMD Sempron 3100+ Will this be a shell server? web server? mail server? file server? If it is a web server, I would do it like this: 1 GB swap 2 GB / (this can be much smaller, I just like to copy files into /root occasionally) 6 GB /usr 2 GB /var 2 GB /tmp (keep /tmp separate to help security) Remainder /home If it is a mail server, I would do it like this: 1 GB swap 2 GB / (this can be much smaller, I just like to copy files into /root occasionally) 6 GB /usr 2 GB /home 2 GB /tmp (keep /tmp separate to help security) Remainder /var It really depends on your planned usage. > > Thanks in advance. > > -- > > Kiffin Rex Gish > Gouda, The Netherlands > > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-newbies > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-newbies-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- ___ Dan
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