Re: /var or /usr for data?

2007-08-25 Thread CyberLeo Kitsana
Wojciech Puchar wrote: >> It would appear that the "proper" allocation of filesystems on FreeBSD is >> to put all data in /usr. I'm used to this and have been doing it for >> years. > > my favourite "proper" allocation is to make ONE partition (/) and > nothing more. and forget all problems about

Re: /var or /usr for data?

2007-08-25 Thread Bill Vermillion
When asked his whereabouts on Sat, Aug 25, 2007 at 04:34 , [EMAIL PROTECTED] took the fifth, drank it, and then slurred: > Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 14:35:27 -0400 > From: Jerry McAllister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: /var or /usr for data? > Content-Type: text/plain; char

Re: /var or /usr for data?

2007-08-25 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Fri, Aug 24, 2007 at 08:20:16PM -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Fri, 24 Aug 2007, Wojciech Puchar wrote: > > >>It would appear that the "proper" allocation of filesystems on FreeBSD is > >>to put all data in /usr. I'm used to this and have been doing it for > >>years. > > > >my favourite

Re: /var or /usr for data?

2007-08-25 Thread rloefgren
On Fri, 24 Aug 2007, Wojciech Puchar wrote: It would appear that the "proper" allocation of filesystems on FreeBSD is to put all data in /usr. I'm used to this and have been doing it for years. my favourite "proper" allocation is to make ONE partition (/) and nothing more. and forget all pro

Re: /var or /usr for data?

2007-08-24 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Fri, Aug 24, 2007 at 08:19:43AM +0200, Wojciech Puchar wrote: > >It would appear that the "proper" allocation of filesystems on FreeBSD is > >to put all data in /usr. I'm used to this and have been doing it for > >years. > > my favourite "proper" allocation is to make ONE partition (/) and no

Re: /var or /usr for data?

2007-08-23 Thread Wojciech Puchar
It would appear that the "proper" allocation of filesystems on FreeBSD is to put all data in /usr. I'm used to this and have been doing it for years. my favourite "proper" allocation is to make ONE partition (/) and nothing more. and forget all problems about how to partition your drive right.

Re: /var or /usr for data?

2007-08-23 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 22/08/07, Andrew Gould <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 8/22/07, Brad Waite <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > It would appear that the "proper" allocation of filesystems on FreeBSD is > > to put all data in /usr. I'm used to this and have been doing it for > > years. > > > > However, there's a

Re: /var or /usr for data?

2007-08-23 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Wed, Aug 22, 2007 at 09:51:35PM -0500, Andrew Gould wrote: > On 8/22/07, Brad Waite <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > It would appear that the "proper" allocation of filesystems on FreeBSD is > > to put all data in /usr. I'm used to this and have been doing it for > > years. > > > > However,

Re: /var or /usr for data?

2007-08-22 Thread Andrew Gould
On 8/22/07, Brad Waite <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It would appear that the "proper" allocation of filesystems on FreeBSD is > to put all data in /usr. I'm used to this and have been doing it for > years. > > However, there's a few issues that keep coming up. A lot of the ports use > /var for

Re: /var or /usr for data?

2007-08-22 Thread Maxim Khitrov
On 8/22/07, Brad Waite <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It would appear that the "proper" allocation of filesystems on FreeBSD is > to put all data in /usr. I'm used to this and have been doing it for > years. > > However, there's a few issues that keep coming up. A lot of the ports use > /var for da

/var or /usr for data?

2007-08-22 Thread Brad Waite
It would appear that the "proper" allocation of filesystems on FreeBSD is to put all data in /usr. I'm used to this and have been doing it for years. However, there's a few issues that keep coming up. A lot of the ports use /var for data dirs. MySQL, Qmail, dspam are a few that I've had issues