From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 20 14:59:26 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8896F1065675 for ; Mon, 20 Feb 2012 14:59:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: from gizmo.acns.msu.edu (gizmo.acns.msu.edu [35.8.1.43]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E37D8FC0C for ; Mon, 20 Feb 2012 14:59:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from gizmo.acns.msu.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gizmo.acns.msu.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id q1KEtapJ040399; Mon, 20 Feb 2012 09:55:36 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: (from jerrymc@localhost) by gizmo.acns.msu.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) id q1KEtaJJ040398; Mon, 20 Feb 2012 09:55:36 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jerrymc) Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2012 09:55:36 -0500 From: Jerry McAllister To: Stephen Cook Message-ID: <20120220145536.GB40329@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> References: <4F3ECF23.5000706@fisglobal.com> <4F3F8672.3090805@my.gd> <20120218213417.GB33662@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <201202190803.39548.erich@alogreentechnologies.com> <4F40A324.5090103@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4F40A324.5090103@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: One or Four? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2012 14:59:26 -0000 On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 02:22:12AM -0500, Stephen Cook wrote: > On 2/18/2012 8:03 PM, Erich Dollansky wrote: > >On Sunday 19 February 2012 04:34:17 Jerry McAllister wrote: > >>I don't see that this plan adds any significant complication or confusion. > >>Nor does it prevent any of the schemes people have been advocating or > >>requesting. > >You seem to forget normal users who just want to use the system. They do > >not think of recovery until it actually happens. > > I don't know if I count as a *normal* user but here's my two cents: > > Some of you think it isn't a good idea to put everything on one > partition. I'm not yet ready to manually set them up. Every time I get > into it I read tens of articles and blogs and they all boil down to "it > depends". > > So some middle-ground "this guy is willing to learn but can't set it up > optimally, and doesn't want a bad config because he is still somewhat > confused" option should be available, and possibly labeled as such. So, then, you like the Polytropon schema of three options: two with fairly reasonable generic options for those who do not wish to work out any more usage specific pattern plus one for the person willing and needful of something more specific to their use - which you never need to study if one of the first two is satisfactory for you. ////jerry > > -- Stephen > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"