"Jeffrey J. Mountin" wrote:
>
> At 10:36 AM 2/18/00 -0800, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote:
> >I will also say here and now that even I use the Standard installation
> >since I don't like having to remember all the canonical steps in setting
> >up a "stock" system and if anybody should remember them, it should be
> >me - I've probably installed FreeBSD at least 50,000 times. :-)
>
> Ah, but doesn't the now-standard-install make a partition for /var and /tmp?
No. The partitioner creates /, /usr, /var and swap if you say so. That's
the exact same partitioner used in any installation mode.
> I'd rather have a /, swap, and /usr. Then, at need, add drives at mount
> points. No need to get into they why, what, and where, but suffice to say
> is the main reason for using custom. The ports and X are added after the
It's another indication that you misunderstand "novice" and "custom",
proving that they are misnamed.
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