Subjec R RE: [IMGate] Re: Disk
Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2003 19:42:54 -0600
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Thanks Chris,
nix is not my strong suit for sure.. ha i've managed to install fbsd 4.6 on
an old sager laptop without any problems. Actually all the hardware was
picked up 1st time through.. and I do appoligize for asking what must seem
basic questions.
>
> Go with the latest stable FreeBSD (4.72 ?). Postfix is the way
> to go. PCRE is much more efficient than regular regexp. You'll
> probably want to install from source--I'm not sure if the FreeBSD
> port/package has PCRE enabled.
>
Ok.. makes sense .. what I'm trying do is setup a dedicated IMGate box with
the least amount of install possible. Does the whole 4.7x package need
installed or just the binaries? Any other support progs, grep, etc?
> >
> >What whould be the ideal partioning for this 20gb hard disk? Is
> it better
> >to have an overly large root part or equally divide the whole thing by 4?
>
> Do seperate partitions. Take a look at the FreeBSD installation
> guide in the disk partitioning section for some suggestions.
> With postfix you'll typically want a large /var partition if you
> use the default for the mail spool location.
>
> I forget where this list is archived but I know Len has put forth
> quite a few suggestions for performance, including disk
> partitioning. Also, you can search the postfix-users archive for
> similar info.
>
> Chris Scott
>
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