Slices

[Jerry McAllister]

> 
> On Mon, 12 Dec 2005 12:40:40 -0600
> Kevin Kinsey <kdk at daleco.biz> wrote:
> 
> > Sasa Stupar wrote:
> > 
> > > You can also do the same as I did. I have just configured one slice 
> > > named / which
> > > takes all the space on hdd and now I don't need to worry about
> > > space shortage.
> > 
> > 
> > OK then, but suppose we have some runaway process 

The main two reasons for dividing up your FreeBSD disk in to partitions
rather than making just one big partition are to reduce the threat of
runaway processes and to manage backup and restore sizes.

Think those things out to meet your needs and resources.

////jerry

> 
> <clip many possible scenarios>
> 
> > 
> > My $0.02,
> 
> Worth every penny! :-)
> 
> Thank you Kevin
> 
> Robert
>  
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