Re: /boot at beginning of drive

2006-04-18 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On 2006-04-17 17:18, David J Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > http://users.rcn.com/rneswold/fbsd-init.html#AEN258 > > I stand corrected. I can still envision problems if tmp files use enough space > to prevent a memory swap. Running out of swap space is not healthy. That's why swap-backed /tm

RE: /boot at beginning of drive

2006-04-17 Thread Brendan Grossman
> On Monday 17 April 2006 14:38, Brendan Grossman wrote: > > > > > > > Databases are stored in /var/db for security reasons > > > > > > > > > > > > Just curious... What are the security reasons? After > > > > > > some thought, > > > > > > > > > here's what I'm planning on doing... > > > > > > > > >

Re: /boot at beginning of drive

2006-04-17 Thread Beech Rintoul
On Monday 17 April 2006 14:38, Brendan Grossman wrote: > > > > > > Databases are stored in /var/db for security reasons > > > > > > > > > > Just curious... What are the security reasons? After > > > > some thought, > > > > > > > here's what I'm planning on doing... > > > > > > > > > > Disk is 73gb

RE: /boot at beginning of drive

2006-04-17 Thread Brendan Grossman
> > > > > Databases are stored in /var/db for security reasons > > > > > > > > Just curious... What are the security reasons? After > some thought, > > > > here's what I'm planning on doing... > > > > > > > > Disk is 73gb scsi... > > > > > > > > / 500mb > > > > swap4gb > > > > /var

RE: /boot at beginning of drive

2006-04-17 Thread James Long
> Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2006 06:21:55 +0930 > From: "Brendan Grossman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: /boot at beginning of drive > To: > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > > > Whe

Re: /boot at beginning of drive

2006-04-17 Thread Beech Rintoul
On Monday 17 April 2006 13:59, Brendan Grossman wrote: > > > > Databases are stored in /var/db for security reasons > > > > > > Just curious... What are the security reasons? After some thought, > > > here's what I'm planning on doing... > > > > > > Disk is 73gb scsi... > > > > > > / 500mb > > > sw

Re: /boot at beginning of drive

2006-04-17 Thread David J Brooks
On Monday 17 April 2006 16:59, Brendan Grossman wrote: > > > > Databases are stored in /var/db for security reasons > > > > > > Just curious... What are the security reasons? After some thought, > > > here's what I'm planning on doing... > > > > > > Disk is 73gb scsi... > > > > > > / 500mb > > > sw

Re: /boot at beginning of drive

2006-04-17 Thread Jerry McAllister
> > > Databases are stored in /var/db for security reasons > > Just curious... What are the security reasons? After some thought, here's > what I'm planning on doing... > > Disk is 73gb scsi... > > / 500mb > swap 4gb > /var 4gb > /usr 4gb > /home remainder (about 60gb) > > then /var/db

RE: /boot at beginning of drive

2006-04-17 Thread Brendan Grossman
> > > Databases are stored in /var/db for security reasons > > > > Just curious... What are the security reasons? After some thought, > > here's what I'm planning on doing... > > > > Disk is 73gb scsi... > > > > / 500mb > > swap4gb > > /var4gb > > /usr4gb > > /home

Re: /boot at beginning of drive

2006-04-17 Thread David J Brooks
On Monday 17 April 2006 16:29, Brendan Grossman wrote: > > Databases are stored in /var/db for security reasons > > Just curious... What are the security reasons? After some thought, here's > what I'm planning on doing... > > Disk is 73gb scsi... > > / 500mb > swap 4gb > /var 4gb > /usr 4gb

RE: /boot at beginning of drive

2006-04-17 Thread Brendan Grossman
> Databases are stored in /var/db for security reasons Just curious... What are the security reasons? After some thought, here's what I'm planning on doing... Disk is 73gb scsi... / 500mb swap4gb /var4gb /usr4gb /home remainder (about 60gb) then /var/db/mysql -> /home/mysql

Re: /boot at beginning of drive

2006-04-17 Thread Karsten Rothemund
On Mon, Apr 17, 2006 at 01:43:49PM +0300, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > You should also take a look at the following rc.conf options then: > > tmpmfs="AUTO" # Set to YES to always create an mfs /tmp, NO > to never > tmpsize="20m" # Size of mfs /tmp if created > t

RE: /boot at beginning of drive

2006-04-17 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On 2006-04-17 06:21, Brendan Grossman wrote: Beech Rintoul [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sunday 16 April 2006 12:38, Brendan Grossman wrote: It's not a good idea to put everything on the / filesystem. At a minimum I would have: / swap /var /usr Your users will not fill up /var unless you

Re: /boot at beginning of drive

2006-04-16 Thread Beech Rintoul
On Sunday 16 April 2006 13:30, Brendan Grossman wrote: > > Having a separate /tmp slice is not a bad idea, combining /, > > /usr, and /var is unless you're doing a very minimal install. > > I can separate /usr, but my goal is to combine /home and /var, or at least > where mail and databases are sto

Re: /boot at beginning of drive

2006-04-16 Thread Kent Stewart
On Sunday 16 April 2006 14:19, Colin Percival wrote: > Brendan Grossman wrote: > > Here is my reason for separating /tmp and mounting it > > noexec,nosuid: > > > > http://www.sagonet.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2852 > > Quoth mount(8): > noexec Do not allow execution of any binaries o

Re: /boot at beginning of drive

2006-04-16 Thread RW
On Sunday 16 April 2006 22:30, Brendan Grossman wrote: > > Having a separate /tmp slice is not a bad idea, combining /, > > /usr, and /var is unless you're doing a very minimal install. > > I can separate /usr, but my goal is to combine /home and /var, or at least > where mail and databases are sto

RE: /boot at beginning of drive

2006-04-16 Thread Brendan Grossman
> Having a separate /tmp slice is not a bad idea, combining /, > /usr, and /var is unless you're doing a very minimal install. I can separate /usr, but my goal is to combine /home and /var, or at least where mail and databases are stored, for reasons already mentioned. I suppose I could do this.

Re: /boot at beginning of drive

2006-04-16 Thread Colin Percival
Brendan Grossman wrote: > Here is my reason for separating /tmp and mounting it noexec,nosuid: > > http://www.sagonet.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2852 Quoth mount(8): noexec Do not allow execution of any binaries on the mounted file system. This option is usefu

Re: /boot at beginning of drive

2006-04-16 Thread RW
On Sunday 16 April 2006 21:51, Brendan Grossman wrote: > > -Original Message- > > From: Beech Rintoul [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, 17 April 2006 6:19 AM > > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > Cc: Brendan Grossman > > Subject: Re: /b

Re: /boot at beginning of drive

2006-04-16 Thread Beech Rintoul
On Sunday 16 April 2006 12:51, Brendan Grossman wrote: > > -Original Message- > > From: Beech Rintoul [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, 17 April 2006 6:19 AM > > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > Cc: Brendan Grossman > > Subject: Re: /b

Re: /boot at beginning of drive

2006-04-16 Thread RW
On Sunday 16 April 2006 21:38, Brendan Grossman wrote: > I agree that it's not a great idea, but considering the software I'm using, > user files are stored in /var and /home. I don't know what percentage of > quotas users will use for emails, databases, or home dirs, and I don't want > to take a

RE: /boot at beginning of drive

2006-04-16 Thread Brendan Grossman
> -Original Message- > From: Beech Rintoul [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, 17 April 2006 6:19 AM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Cc: Brendan Grossman > Subject: Re: /boot at beginning of drive > > On Sunday 16 April 2006 12:38, Brendan Grossman

Re: /boot at beginning of drive

2006-04-16 Thread Beech Rintoul
On Sunday 16 April 2006 12:38, Brendan Grossman wrote: > > It's not a good idea to put everything on the / filesystem. > > At a minimum I would have: > > / > > swap > > /var > > /usr > > > > Your users will not fill up /var unless you allow them > > unlimited mail, databases or access to root. > >

RE: /boot at beginning of drive

2006-04-16 Thread Brendan Grossman
> It's not a good idea to put everything on the / filesystem. > At a minimum I would have: > / > swap > /var > /usr > > Your users will not fill up /var unless you allow them > unlimited mail, databases or access to root. They will have unlimited access up until their quota has been reached. Wh

Re: /boot at beginning of drive

2006-04-16 Thread Beech Rintoul
On Sunday 16 April 2006 11:59, Brendan Grossman wrote: > > -Original Message- > > From: Glenn Dawson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, 17 April 2006 5:16 AM > > To: Brendan Grossman; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > Subject: Re: /boot at beginning

RE: /boot at beginning of drive

2006-04-16 Thread Brendan Grossman
> -Original Message- > From: Glenn Dawson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, 17 April 2006 5:16 AM > To: Brendan Grossman; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: /boot at beginning of drive > > /boot has to be in the / file system. > > There'

Re: /boot at beginning of drive

2006-04-16 Thread Glenn Dawson
At 12:40 PM 4/16/2006, Brendan Grossman wrote: Hello I'm trying to install FreeBSD with the following partition scheme... /boot 100mb (50mb too small? Install fails with filesystem full error) swap 1gb /tmp 100mb / remainder However after I install and boot, it says it can't find /boot/kernel/

/boot at beginning of drive

2006-04-16 Thread Brendan Grossman
Hello I'm trying to install FreeBSD with the following partition scheme... /boot 100mb (50mb too small? Install fails with filesystem full error) swap 1gb /tmp 100mb / remainder However after I install and boot, it says it can't find /boot/kernel/kernel The version is 6.0. Am I missing sometihn