Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2007 23:37:12 -0600 From: Joe Vender <jvender@owensboro.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Best partitioning scheme for my HDD? Please advise. Message-ID: <200702192337.13712.jvender@owensboro.net>
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I have a 6120MB HDD which will be dedicated to FreeBSD 6.2. I intend to install the ports collection and also KDE. I will operate from the KDE environment using FreeBSD as a standalone desktop machine connected to the net via a dialup internet connection. What would be the best sizes for the disk partitions so that I don't run out of space on any of them while also leaving the maximum amount of space possible for the future software to be installed? My partitions will be: / swap /var /tmp /usr as suggested using the auto option during slice creation. I've found that if I use the default sizes that are chosen by the installer using the auto option, the /usr partition fills up before everything is installed and the installation fails. If I remember correctly, the auto feature sets the sizes around the following sizes for my HDD: / ~500MB swap ~600MB /var ~1300MB /tmp ~ 500MB /usr ~3GB I've played around with the sizes, reducing /var to around 350Mb, / to around 256Mb, and /tmp to around 256Mb leaving the space gained to /usr. In this way, I got FreeBSD installed OK, but I'm considering installing it for a final time and using it exclusively for my desktop after testing various linuxes and FreeBSD and comparing them. So, I would like to get the sizes of FreeBSD's slices optimized. I'm sure there are plenty of people in the user community with a similar usage/size situation who can advise me. Thanks, Joe
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