On Thu, 01 Jul 2010, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > Chip Camden <sterl...@camdensoftware.com> writes: > > > On Jul 01 12:07, Ed Flecko wrote: > >> Thanks guys. > >> > >> :-) > >> > >> Doesn't that seem odd that the "default" partition size for root > >> (512M) isn't quite big enough? > >> > >> Should I make the partition size slightly larger (on future installs) > >> to eliminate this problem? > >> > >> Ed > > > > I know *I* will. > > *Considerably* larger, I would say. The number of different kernel > modules is growing all the time, and that's where the expansion is > mostly coming from. > > Or just make one large partition. Not on a server, but I don't see much > reason for using multiple partitions on a laptop.
Multiple partitions still isn't a bad idea if you ever have to fsck and even on a desktop / laptop I usually mount /tmp as noexec. (note: installworld requires exec in /tmp, so you will have to remount /tmp if you use that). Also, it's easier to recover if you can boot single user mode and run a quick fsck on / when it's small. It doesn't happen often, but when it does it's easier. One thing I didn't see is a /home. Is your /home under /usr or /? I have a 8-STABLE system with both kernel and kernel.old and they only take up 520MB or so. I normally make my / 2-4GB and then mount a separate /var (2-10GB depending), /tmp (2-10GB depending) and /usr (15-50gb depending) and /home (the rest) . A separate /home is very nice if you're rebuilding or re-installing you can just not format that partition and all your stuff will still be there. Of course, have backups as well :) Henrik -- Henrik Hudson li...@rhavenn.net ----------------------------------------- "God, root, what is difference?" Pitr; UF _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
