Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2000 17:19:40 -0500 (EST) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Edward Gold <edgold@mindspring.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Sysinstall 'A'uto partitioning Message-ID: <200003082219.RAA05930@server.baldwin.cx> In-Reply-To: <38C5BAD7.7AA9E6A3@mindspring.com>
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On 08-Mar-00 Edward Gold wrote: > Mike Walker wrote: > >> > I was using sysinstall the other day and hit Auto defaults just to see >> > what it suggested, and got this on a 20GB disk: >> > wd0s1a / 50MB UFS Y >> > wd0s1b swap 651MB SWAP >> > wd0s1e /var 20MB UFS Y >> > wd0s1f /usr 18849MB UFS Y >> > >> > the /var one struck me as really bad just thought i would mention it >> >> How about adding a /usr/local for bigger disks to break up dumps? >> amanda only supports dumping to one tape. So using dump on >> filesystems over 7/14G can cause problems. Not everyone has 20/40 >> plus tapes and images don't compress much. >> >> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >> with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > > I was actually planning a near-complete rewrite of sysinstall anyway! How > about everyone throwing in whatever suggestions you would like ( about > anything regarding sysinstall ), and I will try to incorporate them!? It has already been re-written, complete with the new packaging system. It just has some rough edges that need to be fixed, and the code needs to be documented. The package is called libh, and you will find links to it if you search the archives. > The things I am specifically going to focus on are: > > 1. depretzel the GUI from the logic and modularize. > 2. implement scripting capability so we can control the user's path > through the various menus from a script file of sorts. > 3. possibly make stand alone post-install GUI based utilities for > fdisk/disklabel and other configuration functions. > > Ed -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.cslab.vt.edu/~jobaldwi/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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