Date: 28 Jan 2002 13:58:24 -0800 From: swear@blarg.net (Gary W. Swearingen) To: Brad Knowles <brad.knowles@skynet.be> Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Bad disk partitioning policies (was: "Re: FreeBSD Intaller (was "Re: ... RedHat ...")") Message-ID: <yyn0yym933.0yy@localhost.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <p05101201b87a9e5972ab@[10.0.1.14]> References: <20020123124025.A60889@HAL9000.wox.org> <3C4F5BEE.294FDCF5@mindspring.com> <20020123223104.SM01952@there> <p0510122eb875d9456cf4@[10.0.1.3]> <15440.35155.637495.417404@guru.mired.org> <p0510123fb876493753e0@[10.0.1.3]> <15440.53202.747536.126815@guru.mired.org> <p05101242b876db6cd5d7@[10.0.1.3]> <15441.17382.77737.291074@guru.mired.org> <p05101245b8771d04e19b@[10.0.1.3]> <20020125212742.C75216@over-yonder.net> <p05101203b8788a930767@[10.0.1.14]> <gc1ygc7sfi.ygc@localhost.localdomain> <3C534C4A.35673769@mindspring.com> <0s3d0s5dos.d0s@localhost.localdomain> <3C53ED01.61407A02@mindspring.com> <ffbsffnwfp.sff@localhost.localdomain> <p05101201b87a9e5972ab@[10.0.1.14]>
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Brad Knowles <brad.knowles@skynet.be> writes: > It really depends on whether you're talking about 95% of the > real total disk space, or 95% of the "available" disk space. I > assume you're talking about the real total disk space, but I > think that this kind of qualification needs to be made every > time you talk about a percentage (or a global statement needs to > be made early that every percentage discussed is of one type or > the other unless explicitly indicated otherwise). Good point. I tried to be explicit somewhere in that msg, but I see I was ambiguous there. (I meant "% of the full FS". It's awkward to refer to the other kind.) FreeBSD could use a semi-official Glossary, but it might cause more shed-painting (?) and unhappiness with bad definitions than it'd be worth. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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