Best partitioning scheme?

hi,

On Tue, May 23, 2006 at 10:37:16AM -0300, Luciano ES wrote:
> I am want to have a NetBSD-based desktop box and intend
to use the
> following partitioning scheme in a 20 Gb disk:
> 
> label	mount	Mb
> a	/  	500
> b	swap	1,000
> e	/tmp	1,200
> f	/var	600
> g	/usr	10,000
> h	/home	7,000
> 
> I have considerable experience with Linux, but almost
zero experience
> with BSDs. I have Slackware using almost 6 Gb, and
since I intend to
> install NetBSD plus all the Linux compatibility stuff
and a handful of
> Linux programs, I figured I'd need at least 10 Gb in
/usr. But it is
> just an estimate. I am not sure at all.
> 
> What do you think of this scheme? Am I giving too much
more or less
> space than I should to any partition? All comments are
more than
> welcome.

i think it's a waste of disk space.  for desktop use i
recommend swap
and one big partition to hold the whole file system.

regards,

-- 
-- Lubomir Sedlacik <salo{NetBSD,Xtrmntr,silcnet}.org>   --

On Tue, May 23, 2006 15:50, Lubomir Sedlacik wrote:
> hi,
>
> On Tue, May 23, 2006 at 10:37:16AM -0300, Luciano ES
wrote:
>> I am want to have a NetBSD-based desktop box and
intend to use the
>> following partitioning scheme in a 20 Gb disk:
>>
>> label	mount	Mb
>> a	/  	500
>> b	swap	1,000
>> e	/tmp	1,200
>> f	/var	600
>> g	/usr	10,000
>> h	/home	7,000
>>
>> I have considerable experience with Linux, but
almost zero experience
>> with BSDs. I have Slackware using almost 6 Gb, and
since I intend to
>> install NetBSD plus all the Linux compatibility
stuff and a handful of
>> Linux programs, I figured I'd need at least 10 Gb
in /usr. But it is
>> just an estimate. I am not sure at all.
>>
>> What do you think of this scheme? Am I giving too
much more or less
>> space than I should to any partition? All comments
are more than
>> welcome.
>
> i think it's a waste of disk space.  for desktop use i
recommend swap
> and one big partition to hold the whole file system.
>

I do not like a whole partition even on a desktop machine:
less safer.

I'm not an expert but I'll suggest the following schema (I
will not give you
the part. dim.):

label	mount	Mb
 a	/  	250
 b	swap	??? (depends on RAM: maybe >= RAM;)
 e	/safe   250 (a copy of root partition)
 f	/var	(not enough info) (no /tmp standalone; /tmp ->
/var/tmp )
 g	/usr	(not enough info) mount read only
 h	/home	(not enough info: but if you do not mount /usr
read-only you could
link /home -> /usr/local/home and use only one partition)

Suggestion?

Roberto

Lubomir Sedlacik:

> i think it's a waste of disk space.  for desktop use i
recommend swap
> and one big partition to hold the whole file system.

... and so to not use softdeps?

I would go with

	swap

	/ 		(no softdeps!)

	/home 	(softdeps on, much space)

	/var   	(softdeps on, big enough)

	/tmp		(link to /var/tmp)

	/usr		(softdeps on, much space)


Ciao, Mark Weinem