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FreeBSD Format and Partition

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== FreeBSD Partitions ==Be familiar with the partitions and their purpose* /var - used to hold mailboxes, log files, and printer spools. [no less than 1GB]* /usr - holds many of the files which support the system, including the FreeBSD Ports Collection and system source code. [no less than 2GB]* swap - the swap partition should be about double the size of physical memory (RAM)With FreeBSD the partition scheme GPT is usually the most appropriate choice for amd64 computers.  Older computers that are not compatible with GPT should use MBR. The other partition schemes are generally used for uncommon or older computers.A standard FreeBSD GPT installation uses at least three partitions:#    freebsd-boot - Holds the FreeBSD boot code.#    freebsd-ufs - A FreeBSD UFS file system.#    freebsd-zfs - A FreeBSD ZFS file system. More information about ZFS is available in Chapter 19, The Z File System (ZFS).#    freebsd-swap - FreeBSD swap space.Although some people prefer a traditional layout with separate partitions for /, /var, /tmp, and /usr it is not required.  The choice is yours.== Creating Traditional Split File System Partitions ==For a traditional partition layout where the /, /var, /tmp, and /usr directories are separate file systems (this is not necessary but shown here as an example.) Partition Type Size Mountpoint Label freebsd-boot 512K freebsd-ufs 2G / exrootfs freebsd-swap 4G exswap freebsd-ufs 2G /var exvarfs freebsd-ufs 1G /tmp extmpfs freebsd-ufs accept the default (remainder of the disk) /usr exusrfs
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