Hi, > > > 1) What is the best way to use a 100G partition for NetBSD. > > > > > > The partition is now used by FreeBSD. > > > > concerning partitioning, you can do the same as you did with FreeBSD. > > Personally, I like to have a separate partition for /usr or /usr/pkgsrc > > (NetBSD's equivalent to /usr/ports) because there is a large number of > > small files that take up vnodes. The same way you usualle have /usr/pkg > > instead of /usr/local for additional packages. > > Anyway, the final partitioning is up to the computer's usage. For a > > private computer, I'd always reserve a great bunch for home (encrypted), > > if you're on a server, you might want to give /var/log more space, etc. > > I use it for a private computer and on FreeBSD I had the choice of making a > standard parition scheme. > > I do not see that on the pictures of NetBSD. you could just take the same partitioning scheme as FreeBSD does. As I said: It really depends on your usage. If I had a private system with 100G, I would take 10G for /, 25G for /usr, 65G for /home (encrypted), but that totally depends on your choice. > > > 3) Can I install KDE only by packages and not by sources. I have a slow > > > machine so installing KDE by sources costs me 8 a 9 hours. > > > > I would consider this a rather fast machine... > > Anyway, have a look at pkgtools/pkgin. Its usage is similar to apt-get, or > > pkgng if you're a FreeBSD user (afaik, pkgng was derived from pkgin). > > If you want to do it 'bare', have a look at this section in the guide: > > http://netbsd.org/docs/guide/en/chap-boot.html#chap-boot-pkgsrc > > If you install a 6.0 BETA, you will be offered to install pkgin right from > > the installer. > > Thanks for the info. I will read it and wait till 6.0 is ready. I think > with my none exesting experience of NetBSD it's not wise to install a beta > version. It's mainly a few bugs that are preventing release. If you don't encounter one of these bugs, you should be fine with the beta as well. Regards, Julian
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