Re: Suggestions for www.freebsd.org and questions

Regarding your item #2, I do that every time I go to install FreeBSD.=20
Although, I have noticed that the posted suggested partitions don't match=
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very well with what my current FreeBSD server actually uses (for example, m=
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/var partition is taking MUCH more than the recommended space). I wonder if=
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that section specifically needs updated to reflect minimum as well as large=
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system setups.

On 9/9/05, Peter Leftwich <[e-mail]> wrote:
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> Hi everyone. I was studying up on
> http://www.freebsd.org/releases/5.4R/installation-i386.html
> which I have at home on two CD-Rs and which I plan to install this
> weekend - hhooot whoot!!
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> Some suggestions for the freebsd.org <http://freebsd.org> webmaster.=20
> Perhaps others
> might find these useful as well?
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> [1] I think the URL above ought to have a sort of organized, list of
> contents at the top such as
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> 1.3 Topic1
> 1.4 Topic2
> 1.5 Topic-Or-FAQ-Question3...
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> The list would be a Table of Contents at the beginning, with each
> section **hyperlinked** for easier, faster knowledge transference.
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> [2] I noticed that the links below are general instructions, but
> maybe having two very similar documents throws off some people
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> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/index.html
> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/install.html
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> [2] Lastly, some background - I came to the site seeking general
> install recommendations, such as about suggested mountpoints and
> slices (partition) ideology and sizes. Has this been asked before?
> I have a 200GB HDD and no definite plan about setting up slices and
> dirs!!
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> [3] Disk space required? I realize the website gives minimum
> recommendations such as 160mb and 24mb RAM for example. Is it a
> good idea to set up an OS-only slice / bare minimum / then have a
> separate slice for my binaries and XFree86?
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> [4] FOUR is here as a great tip if you have not seen this page:
> http://gerda.univie.ac.at/freebsd-laptops/index.pl great idea!! but
> it would be neat if each 'datasheet' or 'lab report' if you will,
> linked to the product listed at an official company URL e.g.
> http://store.ibm.com/products.php?ThinkpadXYZ1000
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> --
> Peter Leftwich, Owner
> Video2Video Services
> Box 13692, La Jolla, CA, 92039, USA
> http://Www.Video2Video.Com
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