On Tue, 2005-11-22 at 10:14 -0500, Jerry McAllister wrote: > > > > On Tue, 2005-11-22 at 09:57 -0500, Jerry McAllister wrote: > > > > > > > > I installed freeBSD 5.4 on a system with two hard disks, which I plan to > > > > use as a dedicated fileserver, and following the default sysinstall > > > > setup I have this: > > > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] df -h > > > > Filesystem Size Used Avail Capacity Mounted on > > > > /dev/ad0s1a 248M 35M 193M 15% / > > > > devfs 1.0K 1.0K 0B 100% /dev > > > > /dev/ad0s1e 248M 12K 228M 0% /tmp > > > > /dev/ad0s1f 35G 573M 31G 2% /usr > > > > /dev/ad0s1d 248M 1.4M 226M 1% /var > > > > > > > > I have three questions: > > > > > > > > 1/ What's the best way to partition my second 20MB hard disk? > > > > > > Well, if it is really only a 20MB drive, I certainly wouldn't > > > break it up at all. > > > But, if it is really 20GB or something like that - your ad0 looks > > > like it is a nominal 36GB or maybe a 40 GB - then it really depends > > > on what you are doing. > > > > > > > Yes I meant 20MB of course (sorry). Megabytes, megabytes, megabytes. > > ????-GB-????
Am I sleeping or what? Yes, of course I meant GB!!! Sorry (again) ... > > > > > 2/ Should I dedicate the whole thing to one mount point, say > > > > called /extra? > > > > > > That would not be a bad choice, expecially if you have a backup device > > > that will hold the whole drive. The only real reasons to break it up > > > are to facilitate backup/recovery and to isolate things. > > > > > > > Actually I want to use it for backing up other systems, perhaps even on > > a per person basis, storing files like images, MP3s, MPEGs, etc. Maybe > > even using it as a Samba server and/or streaming music server. > > Well, in that case, it might not be a bad idea to make a partition > for each person. But, there are not so many partitions available > - only a-h. If you have less than 8 people, it would work, but > if you have more, then you might want to explore chroot and jails > to keep them isolated. > > > > > > > 3/ Do I also need swap space on the 2nd drive? > > > > > > That would be a good idea, but it is not required. It is a > > > reasonable idea to split your swap over all your drives, but > > > there is nothing that makes that mandatory. > > > > I read somewhere that one should 'always' have a swap area available on > > every drive in case the kernel crashes. > > That would probably be every boot drive/slice. For a kernel crash, > having swap on a different drive probably is less relevent. > > ////jerry > > > > > > ////jerry > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks alot in advance as usual. > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Kiffin Gish > > > > Gouda, The Netherlands > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > > > > > > > > > -- > > Kiffin Gish > > Gouda, The Netherlands > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > > > -- Kiffin Gish Gouda, The Netherlands _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"