Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 09:18:05 -0500 (EST) From: Jim Sander <jim@federation.addy.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD 2.1.5 Binary Installation - Disk Space Required Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10112120906290.17761-100000@federation.addy.com> In-Reply-To: <20011211194405.L16958-100000@localhost>
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>> f.johan.beisser > / 200mb > /var 200mb > swap 48mb > /usr [the rest of the disk] For very small disks (and sometimes even for large ones) I tend to run "unified" partitions- creating only a small swap, and using the rest of the drive for the root partition. (/var and /usr become simply plain directories) This means that you don't have to "reserve" space for anything, and can grow or shrink as you need. Just make sure you understand the implications of this or you could potentially see bad things happen. (you don't say how this machine will be used, so we can't say if it's appropriate or not) I did a 4.0 minimal install on a 400MB drive without too much difficulty. Mounting your /usr/src /usr/obj /usr/ports directories via NFS or CD-RO lets you customize anything you need- just be aware that when building certain ports you could still run out of space because of large object (.o) files. Definitely don't install a 2.x version of FreeBSD because of space limitations. Even 3.x was a big jump in functionality, and 4.x even more- never mind the now ancient security problems you'd expose yourself to. -=Jim=- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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