From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Mar 8 1:43:29 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from hermes.research.kpn.com (hermes.research.kpn.com [139.63.192.8]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A52637B5A3 for ; Wed, 8 Mar 2000 01:43:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from K.J.Koster@kpn.com) Received: from l04.research.kpn.com (l04.research.kpn.com [139.63.192.204]) by research.kpn.com (PMDF V5.2-31 #35196) with ESMTP id <01JMSCVV93SS000WQ8@research.kpn.com> for freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG; Wed, 8 Mar 2000 10:43:23 +0100 Received: by l04.research.kpn.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) id <19A086K2>; Wed, 08 Mar 2000 10:43:22 +0100 Content-return: allowed Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2000 10:43:12 +0100 From: "Koster, K.J." Subject: RE: Sysinstall 'A'uto partitioning To: 'Edward Gold' , freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Message-id: <59063B5B4D98D311BC0D0001FA7E452201313957@l04.research.kpn.com> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) Content-type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > 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!? > Well, I've been toying with ideas on how to integrate the disklabel and the filesystem item. Now you have to allocate FreeBSD space first, and partition it later. If (like me) you're working with several disks, this is a pain. You are bound to have to switch back and forth. For complete newbies, having "two formatting menus" seems weird too, and may be confusing. (I'm quoting one of my housemates). How about turning away from the raw hardware view a little bit (but no too much) and work like you would do on the piece of scrap paper you use while running sysinstall: "hum, I need 35Mb for /, let's see where there's room. Ah, I can place it on da0s1a." "Good, now I need 2x64Mb swap, one on da0s1b, and one on da1s1b", etc... I find it a little hard to put into words, but if anyone is interested I can clean up my idea and clarify it. Also, I'd really love to be able to configure ccd stripe sets from sysinstall, but I would not be surprised if that was too much to ask. :) Kees Jan ============================================== You are only young once, but you can stay immature all your life To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message