<snip> > The only "tricky" part is after configuring the first disk, it will > default to "done". No, just specify the second, then the third. >
Thanks, I will reinstall later this week, and look for the <done> prompt. <snip> > All that being said... > 1) WHY do you feel the need to allocate all your storage space on three > drives? If you don't have files to put in those partitions, and you > aren't likely to ever have files to put in them, allocating the space > will cause you many problems and solve none for you (i.e., longer fsck > times after tripping over the power cord, possible memory exhaustion if > you have really large drives to fsck on a small amount of RAM) Well, after a rash of drive failures I am left with just a 2gig, 4gig, and 7gig drive available for my test server. I know that I really don't *NEED* to use all three (the seven gig could hold the entire OS and all ports if I wanted it to.) But I am at the point in my learning curve where I feel like I need to do stupid stuff that breaks the OS, and then learn how to fix it. It will both show me 1.) what the stupid stuff *is* and 2.) force me to learn more of the OS (if I don't break it I am inclined to just let it run idle on my table until the end of days, or until I decide to try another, different OS) > 2) IF you are dedicating an entire drive to swap, I think you are in one > of a few situations: > a) You have WAY too little RAM in the system. 128M RAM and 20G of > swap is not a good idea, at least if you really need 20G of RAM > b) you are trying to use a very old disk, and you will discover that > very old disks are much slower than new disks (i.e., you will get much > better performance putting swap on a new, fast disk than on an old, slow > disk) > c) Expecting magical performance gains out of swapping to a separate > drive. Hint: If you are wanting performance gains out when swapping, > there is a much better, vastly superior way to get it. > 3) If you have three IDE disks, you might be dissapointed by your > attempting to implement the "ideal" of different file systems on > different drives. > My swap drive would be the 2 gig, and yes it is a very old disk. However, I don't feel the need to purchase a newer drive with faster access speeds for this machine. This is just a learning experience for me. I will put some cash into a new machine if I learn enough of OBSD that I want to implement it into a production server. > What you wish to do is trivial. But examine carefully the WHY of doing > it. A lot of "theoretically better" reasons for doing somethings don't > stand up to close examination in real life. Three disks means at least > three times the failure points. > Thanks for the input. I was trying for the "theoretically better" performance on this machine, but that was only one of the reasons why I wanted to install the OS in this manner (and a fairly low one at that.) Some of my other reasons I have already stated. As a Windows Sys Admin I don't administrate any *nix type machines at this time, however I see a great deal of use and profitability out of using an Open Source OS. OpenBSD being my favorite choice of all Open Source projects at this time; I wanted to use it in a test bed to see if I actually have a functioning brain cell left after Microsoft has brow beat me with there technologies. Again, thanks for your help, Gabe > Nick.
