On Sat, Nov 12, 2005 at 10:18:52AM +0100, Dick Hoogendijk wrote: > I have still a small question. > I'll install FreeBSD-6 on a 160G drive. > Is it OK to just use the "normal" layout (/ /var /tmp /usr) or will it > be smarter to create some slices extra like /home or /data ? > All slices are on the same disk, but I wonder if it will be better from > fragmentation or other reasons unknown to me to have more slices.
For backup purposes, I'd separate at least /home. As a general rule, try to keep filesystems small enough so that a full dump (or other backup) fits on your preferred backup medium. Roland -- R.F.Smith (http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/) Please send e-mail as plain text. public key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt
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