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Date:      Sat, 31 Jan 1998 10:27:11 +1030
From:      Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To:        jord@gnawk.dial.eunet.es
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Partitioning 3.5 G HD for FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <19980131102711.28276@lemis.com>
In-Reply-To: <199801302350.AAA00671@gnawk.dial.eunet.es>; from J. Jordana on Sat, Jan 31, 1998 at 12:50:55AM %2B0100
References:  <199801302350.AAA00671@gnawk.dial.eunet.es>

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On Sat, Jan 31, 1998 at 12:50:55AM +0100, J. Jordana wrote:
>
> Sorry to ask but I haven't seen this in any FAQ.
>
> Coming from Linux, I want to partition a new HD with 3.5 G for FreeBSD only.
> I would like to know the space requirements for:
>
> /
> /usr
> /usr/home
> /usr/src
> /usr/local
>
> for a full installation, all sources included from the 2.2.5 Walnut Creek
> CDROM

/	40 MB
swap	128 MB
/usr	the rest

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.

Greg



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