Re: Best "one size fits all" FreeBSD partition layout

From: bob prohaska (bp_at_imln8.berkeley.edu)
Date: 01/21/04 

Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 03:19:16 +0000 (UTC)

smoker <amd@headru.sh> wrote:
> The first machines to be released have only 1 partition, namely /
> Everything else is under /
>
> Is this a good/bad thing, and is it worth our while trying to get the dc
> to change to a default FreeBSD partition arrangement ?

Mostly bad. A runaway process will fill the disk, freezing the system.
For experimentation it's fine, if you're trying to use a disk that's
too small it will help you get started. But in a one-partition setup
you need to be able to pull the plug.

bob
 

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