Re: FreeBSD installation on a single partition

2004-05-16 Thread Lee Harr
I'd like to install FreeBSD on a single partition, how can I do that? The sys/installer complains about a missing swap partition, (I'd rather use swap files though). I have never tried this. It is very possible that the installer cannot work without creating a separate swap partition. What you

Re: FreeBSD installation on a single partition

2004-05-16 Thread Viktor Lazlo
On Sun, 16 May 2004, Lee Harr wrote: I'd like to install FreeBSD on a single partition, how can I do that? The sys/installer complains about a missing swap partition, (I'd rather use swap files though). I have never tried this. It is very possible that the installer cannot work without

FreeBSD installation on a single partition

2004-05-15 Thread Günther Schmidt
Hi, I'd like to install FreeBSD on a single partition, how can I do that? The sys/installer complains about a missing swap partition, (I'd rather use swap files though). Thanks Günther ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: FreeBSD installation on a single partition

2004-05-15 Thread Robert Storey
Unless you're really short of hard disk space, I'd say that this is a bad idea. Multiple partitions give added stability and security. The sole disadvantage of using multiple partitions is that you might not allocate enough space on one particular partition and so it could fill up - therefore,