On 2005-09-04 20:12, Robin Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > bob self <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I want to set up FreeBSD 5.4 Release to fully use 2 80 gig hard > > drives. I'm not sure how I should set these up in disklabel editor. > > I just want to use this as a general purpose machine. > > I would recommend putting /usr/local as well as /usr/home on their own > partitions. It greatly facilitates system upgrades if you have a large > number of users and/or a great many installed ports.
tuning(7) has a good section on disk partitioning too, that may be of interest. I recently read it again, and I can say that a lot of what it contains is still valid and useful, years after the initial manpage was imported by Matt Dillon. _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
