From owner-freebsd-arch Mon Dec 10 0:30:13 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from axl.seasidesoftware.co.za (axl.seasidesoftware.co.za [196.31.7.201]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7EA0B37B41F for ; Mon, 10 Dec 2001 00:30:05 -0800 (PST) Received: from sheldonh (helo=axl.seasidesoftware.co.za) by axl.seasidesoftware.co.za with local-esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 16DLpz-000Dc5-00; Mon, 10 Dec 2001 10:30:59 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn To: Matthew Dillon Cc: Garance A Drosihn , "Louis A. Mamakos" , Kirk McKusick , freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Proposed auto-sizing patch to sysinstall (was Re: Using a larger block size on large filesystems) In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 07 Dec 2001 19:49:32 PST." <200112080349.fB83nWU00292@apollo.backplane.com> Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 10:30:59 +0200 Message-ID: <52332.1007973059@axl.seasidesoftware.co.za> Sender: owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, 07 Dec 2001 19:49:32 PST, Matthew Dillon wrote: > Ok, I've finally gone and done it... cleaned up the sysinstall > 'Auto' option. :-) You complained about considered responses, so I hope you find this refreshing, since I've mulled over it for a week-end. I think the way forward with automatic partitioning is simple: the scheme selected should be based on the intended role of the system. By this, I mean that "Auto" needs to know at least whether the system will be a workstation or a server. You might want to make further distinctions. However, _some_ kind of distinction is required for an intelligent "Auto" scheme. Consider that someone using XFree86 and StarOffice probably wants a completely different scheme from what I want when I set up a mail server. The latter requires as much space as possible in /var, while the former probably wants as much space as possible in /usr (and /home if /home is not a symlink). While I'm glad that you're interested in this, and looking to improve the status quo, I don't think you can do so without the introduction of role-based decision-making. Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message